Tolo News: Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, denied Pakistani officials’ claims about terrorists entering Pakistan from Afghanistan. The leader of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party also said that Pakistan has provided the use of its airspace to the United States over the past twenty years to attack border areas of Afghanistan. Maulana
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 31, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban government Friday dismissed the findings of a Pakistan probe that attributed a recent fatal attack against Chinese workers in the country to militants operating from Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman, told an Afghan television station that his country had nothing to do with
Ariana: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to hand over leaders of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other members of the group. At a press conference in Lahore, Naqvi said the attack, in which five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver were killed, was planned in Afghanistan
SCMP: Chinese diplomats were forced into action by Pakistan’s failure to prevent a surge in such terrorist attacks launched from Afghanistan, Beijing has proposed investments in Afghanistan if Kabul could restrain the militants responsible for the attacks, analysts say. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 22, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military said Wednesday that its operations against a recent surge in terrorist attacks from Afghanistan, and cross-border militant infiltration attempts, have resulted in the killings of nearly 30 “terrorists” in the last month. The announcement came a day after a U.S. research group said in a
Michael Hughes: A U.S. congressionally-funded think tank, insidiously named the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), has called on Washington to boost counterterrorism operations, enhance ties with Pakistan, and conduct more lethal strikes inside Afghan territory. Although more likely to come from a national security research outfit, the USIP recommendations are not so unreasonable. But it
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Abubakar Siddique May 17, 2024 At least one Taliban border guard and one Pakistani soldier have been killed and several more injured in the latest border clashes between them. The clashes continued into the early hours of May 17 after they first erupted five days ago. Pakistani and Taliban forces
Afghanistan International: Sources informed Afghanistan International that on Wednesday, the Taliban and Pakistani border forces clashed in the Dand Wa Patan district of Paktia province. According to the sources, the reason for the conflict was the construction of an outpost by Pakistani forces at the zero point between the two countries. Audio recordings obtained by
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 13, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United States and Pakistan have concluded their latest round of counterterrorism talks, agreeing to intensify their collaboration in the fight against terrorist organizations like the Pakistani Taliban and a regional Islamic State affiliate. Washington and Islamabad issued a joint statement simultaneously on Monday, saying the May
Afghanistan International: Information obtained by Afghanistan International reveals that the Taliban has cancelled a scheduled trip of a Pakistani army delegation to Kandahar, in response to recent air and missile strikes by Pakistan in Paktika province. Originally, the delegation was to travel from Rawalpindi to Kandahar on Sunday. Security sources from Pakistan, confirming to Afghanistan