RAWALPINDI: Security forces successfully foiled a coordinated suicide attack in the Mir Ali area on Friday, killing four militants. Officials said an assailant drove an explosive-laden vehicle into the outer wall of a security camp; the vehicle detonated on impact. Following the blast, three additional militants attempted to breach the camp on foot but were … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire starting from 6 p.m. today (Wednesday). The decision was made after several days of rising border tensions and came at the request of the Afghan Taliban. According to the Foreign Office, both sides reached the agreement through … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army foiled multiple cross-border attacks by Afghan Taliban and Khawarij militants in the Spin Boldak area of Chaman, killing 20 assailants, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. According to ISPR, early in the morning, Afghan Taliban launched cowardly attacks at four different locations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Balochistan’s Spin Boldak … Read more
ISLAMABAD, October 12, 2025: Pakistan has expressed deep concern over the unjustified aggression by the Afghan Taliban, Khawarij militants, and Indian-backed elements along the Pak-Afghan border on the night of October 11–12. The Foreign Office said such unprovoked actions aim to destabilize the region and go against the spirit of peaceful and cooperative relations between … Read more
Heavy firing continue on the Torkham-Jalalabad border between Pakistan and Afghanistan border forces, heavy weapons are being used. According to reports, the clashes erupted after Afghan forces attempted construction in a disputed area despite Pakistan’s repeated warnings and peace efforts. The situation remains volatile as Pakistan retaliates against the aggression. The Afghan Taliban’s repeated border … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The Afghan Taliban continue to provide Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with logistical and operational space and financial support, leading to a rise in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, according to a new UN report. The UN sanctions monitoring team released its annual assessment amid a surge in TTP terror attacks against Pakistani security forces and … Read more
Taliban forbid women from working for NGOs. They say NGO workers breach Sharia by not wearing the headscarf. Media reported on the distress and powerlessness of women who couldn’t work. After the Afghan Taliban forbade women from working for non-governmental organizations, the Taliban severely restricted women’s freedoms in Afghanistan (NGOs). The Islamist authorities claimed that … Read more
Wednesday, Kabul women protested the ruling. Taliban officials promptly put an end to the tiny protests. Three months ago, the Taliban decided to allow university entrance tests. Girls and women all around Afghanistan had been dreading this decree ever since the Taliban made a comeback. Girls wearing hijabs arrived at their university campuses on Wednesday, … Read more
India has no diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, and its embassy in Kabul was shuttered last year. India has dispatched 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat and 13 tonnes of medicines to the country. More than 24 million people are in need of life-saving assistance to avoid famine. On Thursday, Indian foreign ministry officials met with Afghan … Read more
The Taliban’s top commander announced a ban on poppy growing in Afghanistan on Sunday, saying that the hardline Islamist regime would punish farmers who planted the crop. Afghanistan is the world’s largest grower of poppies, the source of sap that is processed into heroin, and its output and exports have skyrocketed in recent years. “All … Read more
PESHAWAR: In the wake of the Afghan Taliban’s lightning takeover of Kabul on August 16, President Dr Arif Alvi gave a television interview in which he urged the PTI led federal government to announce amnesty for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a loose conglomeration of various militant groups engaged in a bloody conflict with the state … Read more
KARACHI: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that even if people differ from the governance and politics of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), they have no doubt that both the Sharif and Zardari families are corrupt. While speaking to media in Karachi on Sunday, he said, “People can differ from our governance and politics but nobody doubts … Read more
Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan disrupted the erecting of a security fence by the Pakistani military along the border between the two countries, claimed a Reuters report on Wednesday. Read more: US lauds Pakistan’s efforts for hosting OIC moot to address Afghan crisis The report quoted Afghan defence ministry spokesperson Enayatullah Khwarazmi as saying that the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said with members of the international community and the Taliban at the same platform, the upcoming Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad would prove a stepping stone in finding solutions to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The foreign minister, flanked by Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Jamat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday appealed to the Islamic world to come forward to help the Afghan Taliban in nation-building. The JI chief, in a meeting at Al-Khidmat Foundation head office with Hilal-e-Ahmar Afghanistan chief Maulvi Matiul Haq Khalis, said that a looming food crisis in the neighbouring country was on the cards. … Read more
A spokesman for the Taliban-led administration Zabihullah Mujahid has said talks between the Taliban and the United States would resume in Qatar’s capital Doha. “The officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would resume talks and continue the talks with U.S. representatives in line with the Doha agreement and the talks could be helpful,” the … Read more
KABUL – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said Wednesday that the threat posed by the IS group in the country was “more or less under control” despite recent attacks that have killed dozens. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference that IS was “not a great threat”, adding that around 600 members or sympathizers had been arrested … Read more
KABUL – Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced a ban on the use of foreign currencies on Tuesday, threatening further disruption to an already ailing economy. Since the Taliban seized power in mid-August, the national currency the Afghani has depreciated and the country’s reserves are frozen abroad. With the economy teetering banks are running short of cash … Read more
According to the journalists, the Taliban violently suppressed a small women’s rights demonstration on Thursday, firing rounds into the air and driving protestors back. A group of six ladies gathered outside a high school in eastern Kabul to demand that girls should be allowed to return to secondary education after being expelled earlier this month. … Read more
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has cautioned the United States against irreverent airspace of the country, saying the US drone flights could lead to “negative consequences.” The new afghan government also stated that the US drone flights over Afghanistan disrupted the February 2020 Doha agreement between the US and the Taliban. However, the United States … Read more
Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s interim Foreign Minister, has declared that anyone who engages in divisive politics will be abandoned. On Sunday, the Afghan Ministry of Commerce made the announcement at a ceremony in Kabul. When speaking on the Afghan war, Muttaqi stated that the Afghan people are completely responsible for bringing peace to the country. … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that Pakistan would make a conclusion on whether to officially identify the Taliban government alongside other neighboring states. In an interview with the Private news channel, PM also pronounced his concerns that there could be a philanthropic catastrophe and civil war and that an “unstable and chaotic Afghanistan” would be … Read more
Islamabad Police arrived at Jamia Hafsa to remove the Afghan Taliban flag from its rooftop, according to media reports. On the images circulating on social media, it can be seen that Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz was sitting outside the seminary carrying a weapon. Scenes outside Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad after policemen arrived at … Read more
The director-general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Faiz Hameed, on Saturday hosted a meeting of intelligence chiefs of some countries in the region on the situation in Afghanistan. According to the report, no official statement was issued regarding the meeting but an intelligence source confirmed that the meeting was held privately. The meeting was attended by intelligence chiefs … Read more
Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban’s hardline policies on gender segregation. About 300 women — covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education — waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for … Read more
Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said he would “fight to the death” the night before he fled Afghanistan as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told an Afghan television channel. “What he told me in that conversation the night before he fled is that, as he put it, he … Read more
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that Pakistan had very clear policy on Afghanistan, and that was that it wanted stability and peace in the neighbouring country. Talking to the media after offering condolences to Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, editor of Daily Pakistan, over the death of his elder brother here … Read more
“Everything will be okay,” said Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), during his visit to Kabul. In a video released by Channel 4 News on its Twitter account, the ISI chief can be seen at a hotel in Kabul with Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Mansoor Ahmad Khan. "Will you be meeting senior … Read more
