ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed at least 12 militants in a series of operations across three districts in the country’s northwest between Friday night and Saturday, while thwarting a planned suicide bombing in the volatile North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the military said on Saturday, amid a persistent wave of terrorist attacks that has strained relations between the federal government and provincial authorities.
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Pakistan presents counterterrorism plan to Afghan Taliban in Istanbul talks-officials
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has handed over a comprehensive counterterrorism plan to the Afghan Taliban as the second round of talks between the two sides held in Istanbul on Saturday, part of Islamabad’s efforts to establish a mechanism to curb cross-border terrorism originating from Afghan soil.
Gunmen abduct 18 labourers, torch vehicles in second Balochistan attack in four days
KHUZDAR: Unknown gunmen stormed a construction camp in southwestern Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province late on Thursday, abducting 18 labourers at gunpoint and setting fire to at least eight vehicles and machinery, in the second such attack on workers in the region within four days, local officials said.
Eight ‘Indian-sponsored’ militants killed in KP operation; three police officers die in Hangu blasts
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed at least eight “Indian-sponsored” terrorists during an intelligence-led operation in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, even as separate blasts in another district claimed the lives of three police officers, including a senior superintendent, underscoring the persistent threat of insurgent violence in the region.
Pakistan keeps Afghan border closed to transit trade over security fears
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday it would keep its border crossings with Afghanistan closed to transit trade indefinitely, citing persistent security threats from across the frontier, even as a fragile ceasefire holds following weeks of deadly clashes.
Pakistan slams Israel’s West Bank annexation push as ‘flagrant violation’ of international law
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday condemned Israel’s move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank as a “flagrant violation” of international law, just a week after US President Donald Trump brokered a deal to end a two-year Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Security forces kill seven militants in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raids
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces carried out two operations on Wednesday that resulted in the killing of seven militants, including six from Fitna al-Hindustan in the remote mountainous region of Balochistan, and one from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said.
Pakistan condemns renewed Israeli strikes in Gaza, urges global action
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday sharply condemned Israel’s renewed military operations in Gaza, which have killed at least 87 Palestinians since a United States-brokered ceasefire took effect, urging the international community to impose “urgent and effective” measures to halt the violations and protect civilians.
Pakistan warns of ‘decisive response’ to any Indian violation of territory
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief on Tuesday accused India of sponsoring terrorist proxies in the restive province of Balochistan, warning that any violation of his country’s territorial integrity would prompt a “firm and decisive response,” as tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors remain heightened following a brief but deadly border conflict earlier this year.
Pakistan admits strikes in Kabul, other Afghan cities against TTP after deadly attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s defence minister has confirmed that his country conducted airstrikes inside Afghanistan this month, targeting militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Kabul and other cities, amid a sharp escalation in cross-border violence that has strained relations between the two neighbors.