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Fears are growing in Islamabad that the United States is targeting its plans to expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan, as punishment for enabling the Taliban’s return to power in August.Pakistan’s efforts to “reset” relations with the US, so as to avoid being caught up in its ...

Pakistan has discussed Taliban-led Afghanistan joining the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, the Pakistani ambassador to the country said on Monday.“Regional connectivity is an important element of our discussion with Afghan leadership and our way forward for our economic interaction with Afghanistan,” said Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s ...

The Chinese embassy in Pakistan condemned a deadly suicide bombing targeting a convoy of Chinese engineers in the country’s southwest on Friday.The embassy said the assault was a terrorist attack and warned Chinese nationals in Pakistan to avoid public places.The embassy urged Pakistani authorities to “properly treat the wounded, ...

India has denied being involved in the bus attack that killed nine Chinese nationals last month in Pakistan, rejecting the accusation made by the Pakistani authorities.The Indian Ministry of External Affairs rejected Pakistan’s allegation and called it an attempt at “peddling lies and propaganda”.“This is yet another attempt by ...

The Taliban are taking over city after city in Afghanistan at a stunning speed. But as the U.S. found in 2001, it’s one thing to topple a regime, another to set up a stable new one. Even if the Taliban can negotiate a formal return to power, the country ...

Islamabad: Pakistan has replaced the chief of Belt and Road projects in an attempt to lure China as the appointed energy expert is close to Beijing, media reports said on Monday (August 9). On August 3, Pakistan appointed Khalid Mansoor to the country`s top position responsible for the China-Pakistan ...

The elections held in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir earlier this week were an attempt by Islamabad to “camouflage its illegal occupation” of the region, India said on Thursday.Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi asserted that Pakistan has “no locus standi on these Indian territories” and called on it to vacate ...

China has sent criminal investigation specialists to Pakistan to look into last week’s fatal bus blast that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese citizens.In an emergency phone call on Saturday, Chinese Public Security Minister Zhao Kezhi told Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad that the two countries should work ...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken tentative steps to initiate peace talks with separatist rebels in its southwestern Balochistan province, home to the Chinese-run deepwater port of Gwadar, amid the threat of insurgencies fuelled by civil war in neighbouring Afghanistan.Ethnic Baloch nationalist politicians and exiled rebel leaders have ...

China has urged Pakistan to step up cooperation to contain security risks in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops.Foreign Minister Wang Yi also highlighted China’s pledges to help Pakistan fight Covid-19 and get its economy back on track in a speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the ...