WANA: Security forces destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle bound for a suicide attack in this South Waziristan town Saturday, killing one militant and wounding five others in an operation officials said prevented what could have been a mass-casualty bombing.
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China, Pakistan press US, Iran to halt fighting, return to table as Hormuz truce unravels
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan pressed the United States and Iran on Friday to halt their renewed fighting and resume negotiations, warning that
Pakistan presses US, Iran to return to negotiating table as peace deal it brokered falters
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office renewed its appeal on Thursday for the United States and Iran to halt their exchange of strikes and return to the negotiating table, acknowledging for a second consecutive week that the fragile peace framework it helped broker is coming under mounting strain.
Banned Kashmiri rights group delays protest march as mediators seek deal to end deadly unrest
A banned protest coalition that has led weeks of unrest in the mountainous Azad Kashmir region agreed on Wednesday to postpone a long-threatened march on the regional capital, a reprieve that came after back-channel negotiations raised hopes for a lasting settlement to a standoff that has left at least nine people dead in the past two days alone.
Bhutto-Zardari proposes truth panel as Kashmir region reels from deadly unrest
MUZAFFARABAD: The chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party proposed the creation of an independent truth and reconciliation commission on Wednesday to help end nearly six weeks of deadly unrest in Azad Kashmir, warning that continued bloodshed there was inflicting lasting damage on both the Kashmir cause and Pakistan’s standing abroad.
Trump threatens Iran’s power grid, bridges as Hormuz standoff enters fourth day of strikes
ISLAMABAD: US President Trump warned on Tuesday night that the United States would begin striking Iranian power plants and bridges next week if Tehran does not return to the negotiating table, escalating his rhetoric on the same day American forces carried out a fourth consecutive night of strikes against Iranian military targets and reimposed a naval blockade on the country’s ports.
US strikes Iran for third straight night as Trump moves to charge toll on Hormuz
ISLAMABAD: The United States carried out a five-hour bombing campaign against Iran early on Tuesday, the third consecutive night of American strikes, as President Trump moved to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz and declared that ships passing through it would owe Washington a fee.
Flash floods rip through northern Pakistan, sweeping away homes and highway
By Staff Reporter DIAMER DISTRICT: Flash floods tore through six locations in a rugged district of northern Pakistan early on Monday, destroying homes, wiping out
Pakistani forces kill 114 in widening Balochistan offensive
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces have killed 114 militants in Balochistan province since July 5, according to state media reports on Monday, as a sprawling counterterrorism campaign launched after a deadly ambush on a police post entered its second week with no clear end in sight.
Gunmen kill five Punjab labourers in restive Balochistan province
QUETTA: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire inside a barbershop in a remote corner of southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing five labourers from the country’s Punjab province in the latest assault targeting non-native workers in a region gripped by a decades-old separatist insurgency.