Taliban Says It’ll Break Pakistan ‘Like 1971’
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Terrorist groups picked up US weapons left behind in Afghanistan: Pakistan PM
Ariana: Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has said that after the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan, small arms, left behind in the country, fell into the hands of terrorist groups. “We believe that when the Americans and NATO left Afghanistan, their small weapons fell into the hands of terrorist groups. Considering
UN: Al-Qaida, Afghan Taliban Assist TTP With Attacks in Pakistan
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 1, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A new United Nations report warns that al-Qaida has established eight new training camps in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and is increasingly assisting anti-Pakistan militants to launch cross-border attacks. The report said an al-Qaida camp in the Afghan border province of Kunar is “conducting suicide bomber training” to support
Afghanistan Does Not Have Formal Border With Pakistan: Officials
Tolo News: The acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Noorullah Noori, said that Afghanistan does not have a definite border with Pakistan. “We do not have a formal border with Pakistan and do not have a zero point with Pakistan. This [Durand Line] is an imaginary line between us,” Noorullah Noori said. Click here
Pak Army Chief Gets ‘A’ for Honesty in Expressing Disdain for Afghans
Michael Hughes: Ex-Afghan spy chief and former VP, Amrullah Saleh, has applauded Pakistan’s military chief for refusing to conceal how Rawalpindi really feels about Afghanistan. Earlier this week, Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir bluntly said when it comes to Pakistan’s security, “the whole of Afghanistan can be damned.” “The only aspect of surprise is the way this statement
Surging Militancy Prompts Pakistan to Review Support for Afghanistan’s Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 12, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Pakistan have cautioned that relentless cross-border militancy is testing bilateral relations with Afghanistan’s Taliban and could eventually push Islamabad to scale back support for the de facto Kabul rulers. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan provinces, both lining Pakistan’s 2,600-kilometer (1,600-mile) border with Afghanistan, have experienced almost
Pakistan Finds a New Scapegoat
Foreign Affairs: How Islamabad’s Expulsions of Afghans Could Backfire—and Help the Taliban… Although Pakistan has reason to be angry with its Afghan Taliban allies, the country’s terror problem is the direct result of its military’s decision to differentiate between the “good” Afghan Taliban and the “bad” Pakistani Taliban, overlooking their inextricable connections. The policy aimed
Pakistani Islamist Leader Attempts To Help Reset Ties With Afghan Taliban
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal January 8, 2024 A senior Pakistani Islamist politician has met top Taliban leaders in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, in an attempt to revive ties between the two neighbors. The January 8 meeting involving Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam Pakistan (JUI) political party, hoped to improve ties
Deadly Bomb Hits Pakistan Polio Protection Police Team Near Afghan Border
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 8, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Monday that at least six police officers were killed and nearly two dozen injured when a roadside bomb struck their truck in a remote region bordering Afghanistan. The officers were traveling to Bajaur, a militancy-hit border district, to escort anti-polio workers on
Pakistan Says 541,000 Afghans Have Left Amid ‘Undocumented’ Campaign
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 4, 2024 Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says 541,000 Afghans have left for Afghanistan as Islamabad’s campaign to repatriate some 1.7 million “undocumented foreigners” continues, despite international concerns for their safety and means to shelter upon their return. Since its push began in October, Pakistan has extended a December deadline to February 29,