ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday hailed a resolution by Afghan scholars barring the use of their country’s territory for attacks on other nations as a positive step, but dismissed it as insufficient and renewed demands for formal written guarantees from the Taliban government in Kabul to curb cross-border terrorism.
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Pakistan warns UN of ‘gravest threat’ from Afghan-based terrorism
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that terrorism originating from Afghan soil represented the “gravest threat” to its national security and sovereignty, amid a surge in militant attacks that Islamabad attributes to groups harbored by the Taliban government in Kabul.
US approves $686 million sale to upgrade Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets – report
KARACHI: The United States has approved the sale of advanced communications systems and other support for Pakistan’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets, a package valued at $686 million that aims to bolster interoperability with American forces in counterterrorism operations, according to a letter from the Defence Security Cooperation Agency to Congress.
PM Sharif urges clerics to combat militancy, linking national unity to Pakistan’s progress
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged religious scholars on Wednesday to help stamp out militancy and sectarianism, warning that the nation’s progress hinges on fostering unity amid a spike in extremist violence that has plagued the border regions.
Security forces kill 12 ‘Indian-backed’ militants in Balochistan: ISPR
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed 12 militants in an intelligence-led operation in the restive southern district of Kalat, Balochistan, on Saturday, according to a statement from the military’s public relations arm, amid a surge in terrorist attacks that has plagued the region.
US weapons left in Afghanistan now bolster Taliban and fuel militant attacks in Pakistan, watchdog finds
ISLAMABAD: Billions of dollars in American-supplied weapons and military equipment abandoned during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan have become the core of the Taliban’s security forces, according to a final report by a United States government watchdog, with some of those arms already appearing in the hands of militants launching attacks across the border in Pakistan.
Pakistan rebukes Jaishankar over “inflammatory” remarks on military
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Sunday sharply condemned remarks by India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, accusing him of making “highly inflammatory, baseless and irresponsible” statements about the country’s armed forces and labeling them “misleading.”
Tense calm returns to Chaman after deadly Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash
ISLAMABAD: Calm returned to the volatile border crossing at Chaman between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after heavy clashes erupted between security forces on both sides, killing at least five people on the Afghan side and injuring three civilians on the Pakistani side, according to officials, in a fresh escalation that highlighted the deepening rift between the two neighbours.
Pakistani, Afghan troops exchange fire on tense border; both sides trade blame
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops and Afghan forces exchanged fire late on Friday along their tense shared border, with each side accusing the other of initiating the clash in violation of a fragile cease-fire that has held for the past two months.
Pakistan faults Taliban for stalling Turkish mediation effort amid border tensions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused the Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Friday of failing to cooperate with a Turkish-led mediation effort aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two neighbors, as a planned visit by a high-level delegation from Ankara failed to materialise.