ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi thanked the government and people of Pakistan on Monday for their expressions of solidarity as his country faces continued military pressure from the United States and Israel.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan trade accusations of civilian targeting as cross-border clashes intensify
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Afghan authorities accused each other on Monday of deliberately striking civilians along their volatile shared border, even as Islamabad pressed forward with military operations against Taliban-linked militants and Kabul reported fresh deaths from Pakistani shelling.
Pakistan denies rejecting China’s mediation in Afghan border clashes, as Beijing pushes for dialogue
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected media reports that it had turned down a Chinese offer to mediate escalating cross-border tensions with Afghanistan, insisting the two countries maintain close and regular coordination on all shared concerns and dismissing any contrary claims as “unwarranted speculation or fabrication.”
Security forces kill 11 militants in twin operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as counterterrorism campaign intensifies
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 11 suspected militants in two separate intelligence-based operations on Sunday in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said, part of a stepped-up offensive against groups the government accuses of foreign backing.
Pakistan strikes Afghan Taliban targets in Kandahar, destroying hideouts and infrastructure as border operation intensifies
ISLAMABAD: The armed forces carried out overnight airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, targeting terrorist hideouts and military infrastructure used by the Afghan Taliban and affiliated groups to stage attacks against Pakistani civilians, military officials and state media reported on Sunday.
Pakistan dismisses Indian criticism of Afghanistan strikes as ‘absurd and unwarranted’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday dismissed Indian criticism of its recent airstrikes inside Afghanistan as “absurd and unwarranted,” accusing New Delhi of longstanding involvement in sponsoring terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory and flouting international law.
Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claims of capturing military outpost as propaganda
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected claims by the Afghan Taliban that its forces had captured a military outpost and killed 14 soldiers, branding the assertions as fabricated propaganda designed to mislead the Afghan public.
President Zardari says Afghan Taliban forces crossed a ‘red line’ with drone attacks on civilians
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari warned on Saturday that Afghanistan’s Taliban government had crossed a dangerous threshold by launching drone attacks on Pakistani civilian areas, declaring that the strikes had brought “grave consequences upon itself” and risked a further escalation in a conflict that has already claimed dozens of lives on both sides of the porous border.
Pakistan rebukes India over closure of Srinagar Jama Masjid on last Friday of Ramadan
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Friday issued a sharp rebuke of Indian authorities for keeping the gates of Srinagar’s centuries-old Jama Masjid locked, barring thousands of Muslim worshippers from prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Seven policemen martyred in IED blast as forces kill six militants in same district
LAKKI MARWAT: Terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device under a police patrol vehicle on Friday in the volatile Bettani subdivision of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing seven officers including a station house officer in the latest blow to security forces struggling to contain a surge in militant violence along the Afghan border.