ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office issued a stern warning on Sunday that any further aggression from Afghanistan would prompt an “unwavering and befitting response,” escalating tensions after a night of fierce border clashes that left 23 Pakistani troops dead and, according to military accounts, resulted in the deaths of 200 Taliban fighters and affiliated militants.
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Pakistan reports 23 soldiers killed in border clashes with Afghan Taliban
ISLAMABAD: The military said on Sunday 23 soldiers had been killed and 29 wounded in overnight clashes along the border with Afghanistan, where it said forces repelled an unprovoked attack by Afghan Taliban fighters and affiliated militants.
Pakistan seizes 19 Afghan border posts after overnight clashes
ISLAMABAD: The military unleashed a robust counteroffensive overnight against unprovoked attacks by Afghan troops along their shared frontier, capturing 19 border posts, obliterating several others and causing substantial casualties among Afghan soldiers and militants, state-run media reported on Sunday.
Pakistan slams Afghan Muttaqi’s India comments, accuses Kabul of deflecting on terrorism
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Saturday sharply criticised Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, for comments made during a visit to India, accusing him of deflecting responsibility for terrorism and failing to uphold obligations for regional peace.
Clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border, heightening tensions
ISLAMABAD: Intense clashes broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday night after Taliban forces attacked Pakistani military posts, prompting a forceful response from Pakistan’s army that included artillery, tanks and airstrikes, according to security officials from both sides.
Roads blocked, mobile networks cut as hardline TLP pro-Palestine protest heads for Islamabad
MURIDKE: Supporters of the hardline religious party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) pushed toward the federal capital on Saturday afternoon, aiming to stage a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians, even as clashes with police in Lahore left dozens injured and authorities sealed off roads and disrupted mobile networks in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Six policemen killed in militants’ assault on training school in northwest Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least six policemen, including trainees, were killed and 13 others, including a civilian, were wounded late Friday when militants assaulted a police training school in northwestern Pakistan, in a brazen attack that security forces repelled after hours of fierce combat, military and police officials said on Saturday.
Pakistan, Afghanistan trade blame after reported airstrike on TTP leader in Kabul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan traded accusations on Friday over reported airstrikes in Kabul, escalating tensions between the neighbours as Islamabad defended its right to counter terrorism from Afghan soil while denying direct involvement in the blasts that shook the Afghan capital.
Security forces kill 30 terrorists linked to attack that left 11 soldiers dead – military
ISLAMABAD Security forces killed 30 militants linked to a deadly ambush earlier this week that left 11 soldiers dead, including two officers, in a targeted operation aimed at rooting out what the military described as “India-sponsored” insurgents in the restive northwest, the army’s media wing said o Friday.
Violent clashes erupt as religious group marches toward capital in anti-Israel protest
ISLAMABAD: Clashes between protesters from a hard-line religious party and security forces left dozens injured on Friday in Lahore, as authorities scrambled to block a march toward the capital aimed at staging an anti-Israel rally outside the US Embassy.