Khaama: Pakistani media have reported that the government has decided to close 16 Afghan refugee camps located in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The decision reflects Islamabad’s continued policy shift on Afghan refugees. Around 13,000 families, amounting to more than 90,000 Afghan refugees, currently live in these camps. Reports indicate that no raids, arrests or
Amu: Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment has long been accused of using proxy jihadist groups as tools of its foreign policy. From Kashmir to Afghanistan, Pakistani-backed terrorist groups have waged war in pursuit of Islamabad’s strategic goals. From the first Kashmir war, soon after independence, to the Taliban’s return in Kabul, the Pakistan behaviour has
Khaama: A migrant boat carrying 45 people capsized on Thursday near the coastal town of Didim in Turkey’s Aydin province, killing an Afghan woman and her three-year-old son. According to Turkish media, the inflatable boat overturned due to rough seas and poor weather conditions. Click here to read more (external link). Other Immigration / Migrant
Khaama: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has accused Kabul of supporting terrorist groups and militant outfits operating against Pakistan. He said insurgents were finding safe havens across the border. According to Geo News on Thursday, Bugti alleged that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other groups easily run training camps and secure shelters in Afghanistan. Click
Afghanistan International: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday accused the Taliban of backing militants targeting Islamabad and declared Afghanistan a “hostile country.” In an interview with Geo News, Asif said Afghan soil continues to be used for terrorist attacks against Pakistan. He recalled Pakistan’s involvement in the Soviet war of the 1980s and the
Afghanistan International: Mohammad Naseem Haqqani, head of the Taliban-appointed Sheikh Zayed University in Khost, has declared that waging jihad against Pakistan is an individual obligation. The cleric labelled the Pakistani government as “puppets” and its laws as influenced by “Jews and Christians.” Haqqani’s comments follow sharp criticism from Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, head of
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal and Azmat Ali Shah September 13, 2025 Students at an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar in northwest Pakistan are worried about what comes next for them if they are forcibly repatriated to Afghanistan. RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal met students at a school in the Khazana Refugee Camp on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Khaama: Pakistani officials claimed that over 8,000 TTP militants have entered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Afghanistan, fuelling a surge in terrorist incidents across the province. Pakistani authorities have disclosed that more than 8,000 members of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also referred to as “Fitan al-Khawarij,” are currently stationed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to local media
Afghanistan International: Three Afghan nationals were among five suicide bombers who attacked a Pakistani security forces base in the border district of Bannu last week, security sources told Afghanistan International. The attackers were identified as Abdul Aziz, known as Qasid Mohajer; Shabir Ahmad, also called Mawlawi Bilal Mohajer, from Saidabad district in Maidan Wardak; and
Ariana: Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan as the world’s largest source of opium, a development that experts warn could inject millions of dollars into terrorist networks and reshape the region’s security landscape, according to a report by The Telegraph. The report highlights that large-scale, open poppy cultivation is now more widespread in Pakistan than in Afghanistan,