Pakistan’s proactive diplomacy and military mediation have earned global recognition for averting a potential conflict between the United States and Iran, international media reports suggest. According to multiple news outlets, Pakistan emerged as a trusted and effective intermediary in the tense standoff, facilitating communication between Washington and Tehran and playing a decisive role in securing […]
Pakistan played a critical role in brokering the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States, acting as a key intermediary in last-minute negotiations that brought a fragile but hopeful pause to escalating regional tensions. According to BBC, sources close to the process, Pakistan’s diplomatic and military leadership worked intensively behind the scenes to facilitate
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According to Afghanistan International, Afghan citizens in Bonn have reported widespread corruption and bribery at the Taliban-controlled Afghan Consulate in Germany. Sources claim that appointments for passports and other consular services are being sold on the black market for as much as €400, creating significant barriers for ordinary citizens. Afghans told Afghanistan International that the
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Afghanistan and Pakistan have achieved “useful” progress in high-level talks aimed at resolving the cross-border conflict that erupted between the South Asian neighbors last October, according to the Taliban administration in Kabul. The negotiations, held in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi, are part of an ongoing effort mediated by China to end hostilities and
In a dramatic turn of events less than two hours before a critical US-imposed deadline, President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, deferring imminent military action and setting the stage for high-stakes negotiations in Islamabad. The announcement follows a coordinated diplomatic intervention by Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, aimed at preventing
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to regional peace, sovereignty, and diplomatic engagement during his address to the United Nations Security Council. Speaking at a high-level session convened amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Ambassador Iftikhar emphasized that Pakistan seeks to uphold the security and sovereignty of
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced a two-week extension on the deadline for potential military action against Iran, citing ongoing diplomatic efforts and recent high-level engagements with Pakistani leadership. In an official statement released via social media, President Trump confirmed that any prospective military operation has been temporarily deferred for a
The region is beginning to resemble a chessboard where every move is answered, not always with strategy, but with force, hesitation, and unfinished sentences. What emerges from the recent stream of developments is not a single story, but an interconnected pattern, one that stretches from Mir Ali’s battered homes to the quiet meeting rooms of
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Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has called on António Guterres to condemn Pakistan’s strikes inside Afghanistan, terming them a violation of sovereignty and international law. In a statement shared on April 7, Karzai said his communication to the UN chief outlined what he described as Pakistan’s decades-long approach of leveraging armed groups to influence the
Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, has warned that Afghan women and girls in the country continue to face severe barriers to accessing healthcare, as restrictions imposed by the Taliban further weaken the country’s fragile health system. Marking World Health Day, Bennett highlighted that curbs on women’s freedom of
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