Pakistan
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Kabul–Riyadh Call Urges De-escalation and Stronger Ties
DID Press: Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, held a phone call with Prince Faisal bin Farhan, foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, to discuss bilateral relations and the latest developments between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Muttaqi…
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Cross-Border Drone, Rocket Attacks Between Afghanistan and Pakistan
DID Press: Official sources in both Afghanistan and Pakistan reported reciprocal military strikes between the two countries, in what officials describe as an unprecedented escalation that has reportedly included Pakistan’s capital. According to BBC News, citing Pakistan’s Ministry of Information,…
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Pakistani Airstrike Targets Taliban Corps in Laghman
DID Press: Local sources reported that Pakistan carried out an airstrike on the Taliban’s “201 Khalid bin Walid Corps” in Laghman province. No details about possible casualties have been released so far. According to the sources, Pakistani forces targeted the…
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Taliban Claim Airstrikes Inside Pakistan
DID Press: Taliban Ministry of Defense claimed it carried out airstrikes on military targets in several Pakistani cities, while Islamabad has not confirmed the claims and has only reported the fall of a drone in Swabi. In a statement, the…
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Pakistan, EU Hold Virtual Talks on Afghanistan Security, Human Rights
DID Press: Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, held a virtual meeting with European Union envoy Gilles Bertrand to discuss the latest political and security developments in the region. Sadiq noted that the talks focused primarily on human rights,…
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Pakistan to Maintain Hardline Policy Until Taliban Drop “Guerrilla Mindset”
DID Press: Pakistan’s Deputy Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry said Islamabad will maintain its current policy toward Kabul unless Afghanistan’s Taliban abandon what he described as a “guerrilla mindset.” In an interview with Geo News, Chaudhry said Pakistan had sought to…
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Taliban Vow “Secret Military Response” to Pakistan Strikes
DID Press: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the group would deliver a “military response” to Pakistan’s recent strikes on Afghan territory, adding that details would remain confidential. The statement followed Pakistani air force attacks early Sunday on Nangarhar and Paktika.…
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Pakistan Closes Afghan Refugee Camp in Swabi, Displacing 20,000 Residents
DID Press: Government of Pakistan ordered the closure of Gohti Afghan refugee camp in the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, affecting approximately 20,000 residents, according to local media reports. Authorities reportedly shut down all shops and commercial units inside the…
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Pakistan, Iran Hold Talks on Afghanistan and Regional Trade
DID Press: Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, held a virtual meeting with Mohammadreza Bahrami, Director General for South Asia at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, to discuss regional cooperation and developments in Afghanistan. During the session, both sides exchanged views…
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Nearly 3M Afghan Migrants Return in 2025, UN Warns of Humanitarian Strain
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said nearly 2.78 million Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan since the start of 2025, marking one of the largest return waves in recent years. According to OCHA data,…
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