Afghanistan International: The death toll from a suicide bombing and shooting by armed attackers in Kohat, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has risen to at least 31, with more than 100 injured. Local police say at least 16 of those killed were officers. On Saturday, 19 September, the Taliban Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly condemning
Amu: Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have intensified operations to identify, detain and deport Afghans without valid visas, as UN human rights experts urged Pakistan to halt the return of people who could face persecution, torture or other serious rights violations in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
By Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 15, 2026 It was with a mixture of surprise and fear that Khan, a former Afghan soldier now living in Pakistan, received an offer to work with Pakistani security agencies on counter-militancy operations in Balochistan, the country’s southwestern province bordering Afghanistan and Iran. “The offer came from
8am: The Taliban claim to have acquired anti-drone systems and plan to begin installing and operating the systems in Kandahar province. The sources added that the systems are intended to prevent Pakistani drones from operating in border areas. The Taliban also claimed that the deployment would be expanded to other border areas of Afghanistan after
Ariana: Amnesty International has condemned the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s decision requiring Afghan medical students in Pakistan to return to Afghanistan, calling it discriminatory and arbitrary. The organization said the decision would have particularly severe consequences for female Afghan students, many of whom have already been denied access to higher education in Afghanistan under
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 5, 2026 When the Taliban stormed to power in Afghanistan in 2021, hundreds of thousands of at-risk Afghans fearing for their lives fled to neighboring Pakistan. Five years on, thousands remain in the South Asian country as they wait to be resettled to third countries, often living in
8am: According to the sources, it is unclear which country the drones belong to, but local residents claim that they are Pakistani. The sources said the drones appear several days a week, and Taliban fighters sometimes fire into the air at them. Click here to read more (external link). More Drone News Taliban Builds Drone
Afghanistan International: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the Afghan Taliban could be considered an Indian proxy if it does not act in its own interests and instead serves what Islamabad describes as India’s efforts to destabilise Pakistan. Tahir Andrabi, spokesman for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, said at a press briefing on Thursday, 27 August, that if
8am: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has announced that citizens of Afghanistan are prohibited from studying medicine and dentistry at universities in Pakistan until further notice. The council said in an official letter on Thursday, August 13, that the decision was made following the receipt of policy guidelines from the competent senior authorities and
Khaama: Pakistan’s Punjab province has detained and deported nearly 140,000 undocumented Afghan migrants as part of a nationwide campaign targeting foreigners without legal residency documents, provincial authorities said. Punjab’s Home Department stated that 139,902 Afghan nationals had been detained and sent back to Afghanistan after completing legal procedures. The campaign has intensified in recent weeks,