Pakistan
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Afghanistan
Ishaq Dar: Regional Peace Requires Addressing Terrorist Threats from Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that what he described as terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan are undermining efforts to promote peace, stability and development in the region, calling on the Taliban authorities…
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Government
12 Construction Workers Abducted in Balochistan Attack
DID Press: Pakistani police officials say 12 workers were abducted after armed men attacked a construction company’s base in Duki district of Balochistan province, killing one security guard and injuring two others. Mansoor Ahmed Bozdar, acting police chief of Duki…
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Afghanistan
Taliban, Afghanistan Freedom Front Report Divergent Losses in Kamdesh
DID Press: Security sources affiliated with the Taliban say clashes with the Afghanistan Freedom Front are continuing in Kamdesh district of Nuristan, with 22 members of the group killed, 22 detained and around 50 others reportedly ready to surrender. The…
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Government
Jaishankar Calls Pakistan a “Terrorist Country” at UN
DID Press: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar referred to Pakistan as a “terrorist country” during a press interaction at the United Nations headquarters in New York after a Pakistani journalist questioned India over alleged support for terrorism in Pakistan.…
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Afghanistan
Khalilzad Questions Pakistan’s Commitment to Afghan Women’s Rights
DID Press: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, has questioned Pakistan’s commitment to the rights of Afghan women and girls following remarks by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Khalilzad said in a post on X that Pakistan’s…
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Afghanistan
Achakzai: Afghanistan Not Responsible for TTP Activities
DID Press: Pakistani politician Mahmood Khan Achakzai has rejected claims that Afghanistan should be held responsible for the activities of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), arguing that Pakistan’s past policies of training and arming militants contributed to the security challenges it…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Airstrikes Expose Gaps in Taliban’s Security Claims
DID Press: Recent Pakistani airstrikes on targets in Afghanistan’s Kandahar, Paktia and Khost provinces have raised questions about the Taliban’s ability to defend Afghan territory against external military threats. The strikes, including attacks in Kandahar—the Taliban’s main political and religious…
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Afghanistan
Taliban: Pakistani Military Post Near Spin Boldak Destroyed
DID Press: Taliban’s Defense Ministry said Pakistani forces fired toward Afghan territory near Spin Boldak, prompting Afghan forces to target and destroy a Pakistani military post in the area. In a statement, Enayatullah Khwarazmi, spokesperson for the Taliban-run Defense Ministry,…
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Government
Pakistan Blocks Routes to Islamabad Ahead of Planned PTI March
DID Press: Pakistani authorities have blocked several major roads, highways and bridges leading to Islamabad as supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party prepared for a planned march toward the capital. Authorities closed or restricted…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Claims 13 Taliban Fighters Killed in Border Clash
DID Press: Pakistan has claimed that at least 13 Taliban personnel were killed and several others wounded in overnight clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, while Kabul has rejected the account and presented a different version of the confrontation. Pakistan’s Ministry…
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