Host Iran taps regional players as reliable actors; warns against prescriptions ‘imported’ from foreign powers.

The current conflict is the most serious since the Taliban’s return in 2021. Yet it is also a logical extension of the ...

Both sides accuse the other of starting the overnight fighting and breaching a fragile ceasefire agreed in October.

Pakistan’s newly appointed chief of defense forces has warned Afghanistan’s Taliban government to choose between maintaining ...

After deadly cross-border military clashes, the Pakistani and Afghan governments have locked their populations in a trade war ...

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Officials say Pakistani troops and Afghan forces have exchanged fire along the two countries' tense border but no casualties ...

The statement comes months after Pakistan’s failed attempt to prevent India’s Operation Sindoor, a series of retaliatory ...

Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.

Escalating tensions between Islamabad and Kabul are threatening the interests of China, the dominant economic player in the ...

An overnight exchange of fire between Afghan forces and Pakistani troops along the two countries' tense border killed five ...

Pakistan on Thursday urged major social media platforms to crack down on accounts linked to militant groups, warning that ...