Lieutenant General Wiseman Simo Mbambo, Chief of the South African Air Force, met with General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, NI (M), Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), at the Joint Staff Headquarters on Thursday. The meeting marked a significant step forward in bolstering strategic military cooperation between Pakistan and South Africa amid evolving regional and
In a revelation that has triggered renewed alarm across the region, the Taliban’s Ministry of National Defense has announced the seizure of a major cache of advanced weaponry in Kabul much of it believed to be of American origin and suspected to have been previously funneled to Khawarij groups operating in Pakistan. The statement, released
Leading Islamic scholar Mufti Abdul Raheem has issued a powerful religious verdict, declaring that the state holds full Shariah-sanctioned authority to respond decisively to guerilla-style attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, including arrests based on suspicion and retaliatory operations against terrorists and their facilitators. In a detailed statement addressing the surge in covert militant operations,
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Aqeel Yousafzai As the Afghan soil continues to incubate a lethal cocktail of international terrorist organisations, the burden of regional instability is again falling squarely on Pakistan’s shoulders. The resurgence of Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), and other extremist factions in Afghanistan is not
The Taliban forcefully barred Shia Muslims in Herat’s Jebrael district from holding Muharram mourning rituals, using live fire and intimidation to disperse gatherings in a move widely condemned as a targeted act of religious repression. According to eyewitnesses, armed Taliban units stormed several neighbourhoods in Herat’s 13th district around 10 p.m. and shut down ongoing
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The local head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) in Tehsil Barawal, District Dir, Mufti Habibullah Haqqani, was shot and killed by unidentified assailants late last night, police confirmed. According to initial police reports, unknown attackers broke into the residence of Mufti Habibullah Haqqani and opened fire, fatally wounding the senior cleric. He succumbed to his injuries
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In a brazen act of terrorism, militants from the proscribed group known as the Khawarij carried out a quadcopter drone attack on the Miryan Police Station in Bannu, injuring two civilians and reigniting serious concerns over the use of modern technology by terrorist elements. According to official sources, the attack occurred when an explosive device
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Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, concluded a landmark official visit to the United States marking the first by a serving head of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in over a decade aimed at revitalizing defence cooperation, deepening institutional ties, and advancing strategic convergence between Islamabad and Washington. According
Dr. Qadar Bakhsh Baloch, a senior defence analyst, has presented a comprehensive narrative on what he terms the “Fitna-e-Hindustan”, India’s proxy war in Balochistan. According to Dr. Baloch, these efforts represent a long-standing covert war that India has been waging through sponsorship of non-state actors, with devastating impacts on Pakistan’s security, economy, and regional relations.
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In yet another episode of contradiction disguised as counter-terrorism, pro-Taliban social media accounts this week reported the arrest of two alleged Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP) operatives, despite the group’s continued public insistence that ISIS has been “eliminated” from Afghanistan. One of the suspects, Delbar Khan, reportedly hails from Kunar province and was arrested in
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