Border Security
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Analysis
Internal Strain Reported in Pakistan Security Forces in Border Regions
DID Press: Recent reports from Pakistan’s tribal areas and Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province indicate growing internal strain within security forces, with mass resignations among police personnel in Bajaur and attempted departures by soldiers in Bannu. The Pakistani military has long…
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Government
Saudi Border Security Reshuffle Sees Pakistani Military Role Expanded
DID Press: Reports indicate that Saudi Arabia has reshaped its southern border security architecture by relying increasingly on Pakistani forces, while sidelining Yemeni-affiliated units previously deployed in the region. According to regional media reports, thousands of Pakistani military personnel have…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Claims Afghanistan Linked to Bannu Attack
DID Press: Pakistan has claimed that the recent attack on a police checkpoint in the northwestern district of Bannu was planned and directed from Afghan territory. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi told reporters that the assessment was based on…
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Afghanistan
Asif Durrani: Taliban Opt to Maintain Confrontation with Pakistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s former special representative for Afghanistan said that recent Istanbul talks between Kabul and Islamabad have reached a deadlock, indicating that the Taliban have no intention of easing tensions with Pakistan. Asif Durrani, reacting to the failure of…
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Afghanistan
Taliban–Pakistan Talks Fail in Istanbul as Tensions Deepen
DID Press: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawja Muhammad Asif announced that the third round of negotiations between Islamabad and the Taliban government in Afghanistan ended without any concrete agreement. He attributed the failure of the talks to “deep and unresolved differences”…
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Afghanistan
Afghan Caretaker Government, China Stressed Border Security, Anti-Drug Efforts
DID Press: Sirajuddin Haqqani, Acting Minister of Interior of the Taliban’s Caretaker government, met with Wang Yi, China’s Foreign Minister, on Wednesday (August 20) in Kabul to discuss security cooperation and combating drug trafficking. According to the Ministry’s statement, the…
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