ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister on Friday condemned Israel’s approval of procedures to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as state property, describing the move as the latest sign of an “annexationist and expansionist mindset” that disregards international law and humanitarian norms.
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PM Sharif, after military briefing, declares zero tolerance for Afghan Taliban attacks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Friday, receiving a detailed briefing from military leaders on the tense situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following unprovoked attacks by Afghan Taliban forces the previous day.
Global powers urge Pakistan and Afghanistan to halt border attacks and pursue diplomacy
ISLAMABAD: Global powers moved swiftly on Friday to contain rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, issuing urgent appeals for both sides to stop cross-border attacks and return to diplomatic channels before the situation spirals further.
Top court returns Imran Khan hospital transfer application with objections
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday raised objections to an application seeking the transfer of former prime minister Imran Khan from jail to a hospital for treatment of an eye ailment.
Pakistan says it killed at least 274 in retaliatory strikes against Afghan Taliban after unprovoked border attacks
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military said Friday that it had killed at least 274 personnel of the Afghan Taliban regime and affiliated terrorists in a sweeping retaliatory operation that followed an unprovoked cross-border firing from Afghanistan the previous night.
Pakistan strikes Kabul, other provinces after border clashes kill 133 Afghan Taliban
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes and ground operations targeting Taliban military installations across multiple provinces inside Afghanistan early on Friday, destroying
UPADTED – Pakistan launches ‘Operation Ghazab-lil-Haqq’; air strikes hit Nangarhar, 72 Afghan Taliban killed in border clashes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Air Force jets carried out strikes inside Afghanistan, destroying a major ammunition depot in Nangarhar province, as security forces killed 72 Afghan Taliban militants and wounded more than 120 others in an intensified response to unprovoked cross-border attacks, officials said on Friday.
UPDATED – Pakistan launches ‘Operation Ghazab-lil-Haqq’; air strikes hit Nangarhar, 58 Afghan Taliban killed in border clashes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Air Force jets carried out strikes inside Afghanistan, destroying a major ammunition depot in Nangarhar province, as security forces killed 58 Afghan Taliban militants and wounded more than 100 others in an intensified response to unprovoked cross-border attacks, sources said on Friday.
UPDATED – Pakistan says 44 Afghan Taliban killed, two troops martyred in border clashes after unprovoked firing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces repelled unprovoked firing by Afghan Taliban militants on multiple border posts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least 44 attackers and destroying several positions, officials said on Friday.
UPDATED – Pakistan says 36 Taliban killed, two troops martyred in border clashes after unprovoked Afghan border firing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces repelled unprovoked firing by Afghan Taliban militants on multiple border posts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least 36 attackers and destroying several positions, officials said on Friday.