Kabul Delegation Attends Brussels Migration Talks: Balki

Kabul Delegation Attends Brussels Migration Talks: Balki

A Taliban delegation attended talks in Brussels on migration and consular services after receiving a one-day Belgian visa, marking the...
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Over 1,020 security personnel killed as militancy reached ‘peak’ in 2025 — minister

Over 1,020 security personnel killed as militancy reached ‘peak’ in 2025 — minister

Pakistan’s State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry said on Monday more than 1,020 law enforcement personnel had been killed in...
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Pakistan defense minister says talks with Taliban have failed to yield results

Pakistan defense minister says talks with Taliban have failed to yield results

Pakistan’s defense minister, Khawaja Asif, said efforts to resolve security disputes with the Taliban through dialogue have failed, arguing that...
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Pakistan warns of rising militant threat from Afghanistan, urges evidence-based UN reporting

Pakistan warns of rising militant threat from Afghanistan, urges evidence-based UN reporting

Pakistan warned on Monday of an “alarming rise” in militant threats emanating from Afghanistan and called for evidence-based and balanced...
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Peshawar economy under pressure amid ongoing crossing closures

Peshawar economy under pressure amid ongoing crossing closures

Senior Pakistani lawmaker and Member of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, has warned that the continued closure of crossings with...
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Fragile Hopes Amid Enduring Rifts

Fragile Hopes Amid Enduring Rifts

By Abdul Waheed Waheed Following the intense confrontations that reached their peak in early 2026, emerging unofficial contacts in Kabul...
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China Urges Taliban To Reopen Schools For Girls In Afghanistan

China Urges Taliban To Reopen Schools For Girls In Afghanistan

China’s representative at the UN Security Council called on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools to girls. He said that...
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Pakistan says 27 militants killed in multiple operations in restive northwest

Pakistan says 27 militants killed in multiple operations in restive northwest

Twenty-seven Pakistani Taliban militants were killed in multiple intelligence-based operations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military said on...
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Pakistan, China agree to closer counterterrorism cooperation over Afghanistan militancy concerns

Pakistan, China agree to closer counterterrorism cooperation over Afghanistan militancy concerns

Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, said on Tuesday he had held talks with his Chinese counterpart on regional...
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Strange Bedfellows: Russia’s Pragmatic Embrace of Taliban

Strange Bedfellows: Russia’s Pragmatic Embrace of Taliban

By Elsa Imdad The Kremlin’s growing partnership with the Taliban reflects the hard strategic calculations driving a new regional order...
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Clerics from Pakistan, Afghanistan appeal to authorities to extend pause in fighting till Eidul Azha

A group of clerics from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday appealed to the authorities on both sides to extend the…

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Experts Call for Renewed Dialogue, Humanitarian Easing, and Stability in Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Religious scholars, tribal elders, and policy experts from Pakistan and Afghanistan called for an urgent revival of dialogue, practical confidence-building…

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Eminent Pak-Afghan Ulema Voice Support for Girls Education in Afghanistan

The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan meant that the nature of relevant stakeholders in the region had changed, and…

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AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNHAPPY WITH PAKISTAN

In this interview with Matrix Media, veteran economist Haroon Sharif sheds light on what lies behind the Afghans’ (especially the…

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Girls’ Education: The Major Unfulfilled Commitment

Depriving Afghan girls of education was one of the Taliban regime’s systematic and devastating abuses against women, which has been…

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