Turning to broader claims about external influence, Mujahid also rejected assertions that the Taliban received foreign support during the 20-year conflict, emphasising that the group owes no ...

Pakistan recorded its deadliest year of violence in a decade, with gunfights, airstrikes, and suicide bombings marking much ...

The unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the Maidan Wardak province in Central Afghanistan. If the drone is confirmed as a MQ-9 ...

Fatima Baloch [email protected] On September 12, 2001, just after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Secretary of State Colin ...

In Taliban gamble, Delhi seizes its moment as Islamabad’s Kabul strategy collapses. As Deng Xiaoping said, it doesn’t matter ...

Afghan Taliban fighters ride in a motorcycle convoy in Logar province in 2009. Image from the Taliban’s Voice of Jihad. Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after their forces ...

Two months ago, Afghanistan sealed its eastern border with neighboring Pakistan soon after Islamabad shut down all routes ...

Rehman, the head of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F), has criticised the government’s hypocrisy of opposing ...

As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to ...

Pakistan's defense minister on Wednesday threatened to "obliterate" the Taliban, which controls neighboring Afghanistan, after negotiations toward lasting peace between the two sides failed. Peace ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan began peace talks in Doha on October 18 after extending a 48-hour cease-fire. Recent violence included Pakistani air strikes in Afghanistan, killing 10 civilians, and a ...

After years of relative marginalization in global affairs, Pakistan was able to reclaim a prominent position on the world ...