Pakistan
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Mecca Pact Meeting in Tehran: De-escalation or Redefining Regional Security?
DID Press: Amid rising regional tensions and unpredictable advances by Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement in its conflict with Saudi Arabia, senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, members of the Mecca Pact, are scheduled to meet in Tehran on…
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Pakistan Warns Taliban of Possible Military Retaliation Over Cross-Border Attacks
DID Press: Pakistan’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, has warned that Islamabad reserves the right to take retaliatory military action if the Taliban authorities fail to prevent cross-border attacks and the activities of armed groups operating from Afghan…
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Pakistan Seeks Export Routes Through Iran After Afghanistan Border Closure
DID Press: Pakistan is taking steps to transport its export goods to Central Asian markets, particularly through overland routes via Iran, following the closure of its border with Afghanistan. Pakistan’s The Nation newspaper reported, citing official documents, that Islamabad has…
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Taliban: 1,119 Afghan Civilians Killed or Wounded in Pakistani Attacks
DID Press: Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has released an updated list of casualties from Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan, stating that 1,119 Afghan civilians have been killed or wounded in such attacks since the…
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Karachi Port Auctions Hundreds of Containers Belonging to Afghan Traders
DID Press: Pakistan’s Karachi Port Customs has auctioned hundreds of containers carrying goods belonging to Afghan traders over unpaid taxes and mounting charges incurred while the shipments remained at the port. Officials from Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce have described the…
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Taliban: Insecurity in Pakistan Does Not Benefit Afghanistan
DID Press: Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government, has rejected Pakistani officials’ allegations that the group is involved in insecurity in Pakistan, saying instability in the neighbouring country does not benefit Afghanistan. Fitrat stressed that Afghanistan is neither…
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Ex-Pakistani Army Officer: Afghanistan Builds Dams as Pakistan Takes on Debt
DID Press: Adil Raja, a former Pakistani army officer, has criticised Pakistan’s government and military, highlighting what he described as contrasting development priorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Comparing the two countries, Raja criticised Islamabad’s economic policies, saying Afghanistan was investing…
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Pakistan Open to Conditional Talks with Taliban
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has said Islamabad is willing to hold talks with the Taliban, provided the group takes practical steps to curb terrorist threats originating from Afghan territory. Sajjad Haider Khan, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, told a…
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Khalilzad Warns Reports of Pakistan Arming Afghans Could Further Strain Ties
DID Press: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US special representative for Afghanistan, has warned that reports of Pakistan arming and recruiting Afghans to fight in Afghanistan and combat anti-Pakistan insurgents could further escalate tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. In a post…
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IOM, UNHCR: 517 Afghans Detained in Pakistan in One Week
DID Press: At least 517 Afghan nationals were detained in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces between 11 and 17 October 2026, according to a joint report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High…
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