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Source link www.rferl.org Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, a senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's what I've been tracking and what I'm keeping an eye on in the days ahead. The ...

Pakistan's main border crossing with Afghanistan was closed for a second day on Thursday, leading to a build-up of trucks laden with goods, after clashes between security forces from the two countries.The busy border crossing had closed on Wednesday after Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces started firing at each ...

ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan said Wednesday that a "large group of terrorists" had stormed its security outposts close to the border with Afghanistan, prompting fierce clashes that killed four soldiers and 12 assailants. The early morning militant raid targeted two Pakistani posts in the northern mountainous Kalash border valley at ...

#Pakistan News Pakistan shut a key border gate with Afghanistan after clashes between guards killed at least four Pakistani soldiers and 12 militants on Wednesday. A “large group of terrorists equipped with latest weapons” attacked two military posts near Kalash, Chitral district, the military said in a statement, adding ...

Islamabad, Pakistan   —  Pakistan said Friday that two gunbattles with insurgents near the country's border with Afghanistan had killed an army major and two soldiers. The latest casualties increased Pakistani soldiers' death toll nationwide this year to more than 200 in counterterrorism operations and insurgent attacks. On Friday, the ...

New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the state governments concerned to ensure no hate speech or violence takes place in Delhi-NCR during marches being held by VHP and Bajrang Dal to protest against the communal clashes in Haryana's Nuh. A bench of ...

The northeastern state of Manipur has been witnessing violence since May 3. BJP Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb, who is a former chief minister of Tripura – another northeastern state – believes peace will return to the state very soon due to the measures taken by Union home ...

New Delhi: India has significantly enhanced military infrastructure, surveillance and combat capabilities along the nearly 3,500 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China since the deadly clashes in Galwan Valley in 2020, sources in the defence establishment said Wednesday on the eve of the third anniversary of the ...

Islamabad —  Afghanistan's Taliban authorities and neighboring Iran said Sunday deadly clashes between their border security forces had subsided, with both sides engaging in talks to ease tensions.The skirmishes erupted in the Afghan border province of Nimroz Saturday, killing two Iranian security forces and a Taliban border guard, officials ...

Latest News Today, May 28: Here is a sneak peak at national-international affairs as well as happenings in the field of business, finance, economy and sports that kept you abreast of relevant news. The day was loaded with newsmakers with headlines on: Clashes between militants and security forces in ...