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Pain for Pakistan: History makes a U-turn in India's neighbourhoodRussia and the Taliban have signed a significant military cooperation agreement. This pact alters regional security dynamics. Pakistan's st...- Eight Pakistani troops killed in nighttime storming of border outpostMilitants attacked a security outpost in Pakistan's northwest. A vehicle bomb and gun battle resulted in eight soldiers killed and 35 injur...
- Why Pakistan backstabs the US, and always gets away with itFor decades, the US grappled with Pakistan's dual role as a terror war ally and a supporter of militant groups. Despite accusations of shel...
- Pak security forces kill 5 terrorists in Khyber PakhtunkhwaSecurity forces in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have eliminated five terrorists. Operations in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan district...
- Pakistan forces kill 22 militants in northwest clash, child killed near Afghan borderPakistani forces eliminated 22 suspected militants in Khyber district near the Afghan border during a fierce exchange of fire. Tragically, ...
- Even the dead must make way as construction transforms Afghanistan's capitalKabul is undergoing a massive transformation as the Taliban government revives old plans to widen roads. Homes, businesses, and even a grav...
- Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed, 'big human disaster', says President Ashraf GhaniTaliban insurgents swept into Afghanistan's capital on Sunday after a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the government, prompting presid...
- Afghan cities taken over or contested by TalibanFollowing is a list of provincial capitals that have fallen to, or are being contested by the Islamist militants, who are fighting to reimp...
- Taliban press advance after capturing two major Afghan citiesThe seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals a...
- Could the Taliban take over Afghanistan? Here’s what we knowOver the past six days, the insurgents have overrun nine provincial capitals across the country, most of them clustered in the north, in a ...
- Rockets land near Afghan presidential palace, Taliban deny responsibilityTelevision images showed Ghani and dozens of others kneeling for prayer as the first explosion was heard. Most continued to pray as securit...
- Afghan forces fighting to retake Pakistan border crossingFollowing fierce fighting on Thursday evening, dozens of wounded Taliban fighters were being treated at a Pakistan hospital near the border...
- Afghan forces retake provincial capital Qala-e-Naw after Taliban incursion: Defence ministryThe ministry said 69 Taliban fighters had been killed in fresh operations on the edge of Qala-e-Naw - the first major provincial capital en...
- Gunmen kill at least ten Afghans working for mine-clearing agencyHalo did not attribute blame for Tuesday's attack, saying only that an "unknown armed group" carried it out. Afghan officials blamed it on ...
- Afghan clashes resume after Eid ceasefire as United States troops begin pulloutSecurity forces on Monday began their operations in areas close to Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of southern Helmand province, in whi...
- Over 400 Afghan security personnel killed or wounded by Taliban in past week: GovernmentViolence had dropped across much of Afghanistan since the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire on May 24 to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday...
- Mullah Akhtar Mansour strike shows US getting less patient with Pakistan: US mediaUS drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan was a signal that the Obama administration was becoming ...
- Join peace talks or face consequences: Pakistan warns TalibanAccording to media reports Pakistan has warned the insurgents to call-off their recently-proclaimed 'spring offensive' or face consequences.
- Pakistan roots for Karzai in Taliban-troubled neighbourPakistan is rooting for incumbent President Hamid Karzai to win Afghan elections, hoping polls foster stability as a fierce Taliban insurge...
- 10 Afghan policemen killed in new attacks: officialsBomb blasts in volatile southern Afghanistan Monday killed 7 Afghan policemen, one day after three other policemen died in separate attacks.
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