A police personnel was martyred in a terrorist attack in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after armed assailants targeted him while he was returning home from duty, according to initial reports. Zohaib Alam, a clerk at Misri Banda Police Station and a resident of Adamzai, was on his way home when armed terrorists attacked him.
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Afghanistan’s shift toward Iran and Central Asia has changed the geography of its foreign trade, but it has not eliminated the economic consequences of its deteriorating relationship with Pakistan. The Taliban administration may point to alternative routes as evidence that Afghanistan can reduce its dependence on Pakistan. Yet the decline in Afghan exports, the collapse
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Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, met a high-level delegation from Brazil’s armed forces, led by Admiral Renato Rodrigues de Aguiar Freire, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces, at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi to discuss regional security and ways to strengthen bilateral
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The collapse in Pakistan-Afghanistan trade is not simply a story of closed border crossings, redirected imports or farmers unable to sell their crops. It is the economic fallout of a security dispute that Pakistan says it tried to resolve for years through diplomatic engagement, repeated protests and the presentation of evidence concerning terrorist activity originating
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An explosion targeting a vehicle carrying Afghan Taliban personnel in Chaghcharan, the provincial capital of Ghor Province, killed four personnel and injured two others, according to initial reports. The blast targeted a vehicle transporting Taliban personnel in the city. Four occupants were killed, while two others sustained injuries in the explosion. Further details about the
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Taliban-controlled Afghanistan’s farmers are struggling to find buyers, exports are declining, and transit trade through Pakistan has suffered a dramatic collapse. Behind these mounting economic losses lies a security crisis that the Afghan Taliban had years to address but failed to resolve: Pakistan’s repeated demands that Afghan territory no longer be used to launch terrorist
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Security forces eliminated 12 Khwarij terrorists while thwarting an infiltration attempt along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said, adding that a Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom during an intense exchange of fire. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces effectively engaged the Khwarij attempting to
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Terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have surged by 195% over the past two years, with police and security agencies facing growing operational challenges, shortages of personnel and equipment, and an alarming rise in drone attacks, according to two special security reports presented at a meeting chaired by the prime minister. The reports, prepared by the
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has the capacity to fight terrorism, and its police, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), military and other law enforcement agencies have repeatedly demonstrated extraordinary courage in the face of deadly threats. Our personnel have stood their ground even when suicide bombers have confronted them, making sacrifices that deserve recognition and unwavering support. The problem
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s security crisis did not begin with the present provincial administration, nor can every terrorist attack be attributed to a single political party. But when a party has governed the province for years while repeatedly presenting itself as a champion of change, its own record on security deserves close scrutiny. One of the most
