In a critical diplomatic push, the European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Gilles Bertrand, has called for immediate intra-Afghan dialogue as the only viable pathway to achieving lasting peace in Afghanistan. At the end of his six-day visit to Kabul, Bertrand reiterated the EU’s concerns over the Taliban’s failure to uphold its commitments under the
Pakistani security forces thwarted a suicide attack on the Mazanga Police Check-post in the Miryan area of Bannu district on Friday evening, marking the latest in a series of cross-border terror plots allegedly facilitated by Afghan-based militants. According to security officials, a Zaranj rickshaw rigged with explosives attempted to breach the checkpoint. Personnel on duty
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Deepening cracks within the Afghan Taliban’s top leadership have come to light as tensions between the group’s Supreme Leader, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the powerful head of the Haqqani Network, Sirajuddin Haqqani, erupt into a public confrontation. According to multiple Afghan sources, the struggle for control between the Kandahar-based clerical leadership and the operational wing
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In a decisive move, Pakistan has conducted precision strikes targeting the outlawed Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group’s terrorist camps situated across the border in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, adjacent to North and South Waziristan. The action comes in response to a series of cross-border terrorist attacks originating from Afghan soil over the past 48 hours. Pakistani security
In a hard-hitting statement on X (formerly Twitter), Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declared that Islamabad’s five years of efforts to build peace with Kabul have yielded “no positive response” from the Afghan Taliban regime. Accusing Afghanistan of becoming an Indian proxy and harboring anti-Pakistan terrorists, Asif announced the end of diplomatic courtesies, warning that
In yet another desperate bid to save face after repeated battlefield humiliation, India’s intelligence proxies and their Afghan affiliates have launched a new wave of disinformation, this time falsely claiming that an IED blast targeted the Frontier Corps (FC) Headquarters in Panjgur, Balochistan. Let’s be absolutely clear: no such incident occurred. The FC Headquarters remains
During the recent tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, misleading information continued to spread widely on social media. While some fake news originated from Indian accounts, Afghan accounts were also active in sharing false claims. One such example includes Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid sharing a photo of a missile, falsely claiming that the Afghan Defence Forces
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In a major counterterrorism breakthrough, Pakistani security forces eliminated eight most-wanted terrorists affiliated with the Fitna al-Khawarij, or the banned TTP, in an intelligence-based operation in Sultan Khel, Lakki Marwat. The banned TTP is believed to be part of the Afghan Taliban-backed proxy network operating in border regions of Pakistan. Sources confirmed the operation was
Pakistan has expressed deep concern over recent unprovoked attacks from Afghanistan and the support extended to militant elements (Khawarij) trying to infiltrate Pakistani territory. In a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the government made a final decision to not grant any further extensions to illegal Afghan residents and emphasized the urgent
Pakistan on Friday strongly rejected the remarks of Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who termed terrorism an internal matter of Pakistan, calling his statement misleading, unfounded, and contrary to facts. The Foreign Office said Pakistan has repeatedly provided irrefutable evidence exposing the nexus between Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan, both actively involved in cross-border
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