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In an interview with Turkish media aired on October 1, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his government is in talks with the Pakistan Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP). Following a period of relative dormancy, the TTP has been significantly more active this year. Khan admitted that Islamabad ...

No immediate claim of responsibility for the attack that happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the Afghan border.A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying security forces in northwest Pakistan, killing four people. The attack happened in Bajur on Wednesday, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Pakistan’s border ...

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has defended the government’s move to hold talks with banned terror group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for “reconciliation”, saying the negotiations are for “good Taliban”. Rashid’s remarks came after Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview with Turkish government-owned TRT World news channel revealed that ...

Shah Mahmood Qureshi discusses his country's stance on the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan. Source link

India on Friday upbraided Pakistan both in Washington and at the United Nations as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed to the world to work with the Taliban in Afghanistan.Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns about Pakistan during talks with US President Joe Biden as well as a broader ...

New Zealand abandoned its cricket tour of Pakistan on Friday over 'specific, credible' security concerns, just before the Black Caps' first scheduled match in Pakistan in 18 years. "Following an escalation in the New Zealand government threat levels for Pakistan, and advice from NZC security advisers on the ground, ...

New Delhi: A social media campaign in Pakistan on Taliban gained major traction in India on 15th September. The campaign with the hashtag- #PakistanisTaliban aimed at drawing attention to the fact that Pakistan nurtured the Taliban and provided it assistance to swiftly take over Afghanistan. The campaign was inspired ...

The Taliban’s dramatic takeover of Kabul has thrown the future of the US’s commitments to Afghanistan, as well as its broader relationship to the region, into doubt. Questions now loom about Washington’s continued investment in the neighbourhood and in particular the extent of its commitment to Afghanistan’s women and ...

The Taliban’s rapid advance towards Kabul is causing concern not only about Afghanistan’s future but also about the impact on other countries in the region and their economies. Iran and then Iraq lie to the west of Afghanistan. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are to the north. But the immediate ...

Kabul: A bombing attack that targeted Afghanistan's acting defense minister killed at least eight people and wounded 20, authorities said Wednesday. The deputy minister was not hurt in the attack claimed by Taliban insurgents. The blast went off late Tuesday in a heavily guarded upscale neighborhood of the capital ...