Ayaz Gul VOA News May 4, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan said Thursday that clashes with militants and a suspected sectarian-based shooting incident in areas abutting Afghanistan had killed at least 13 people, including six soldiers. A military statement said Pakistani troops had engaged a “terrorists’ location” in the North Waziristan border district, killing three
WION: As per a report by The Express Tribune citing an anonymous senior Pakistan counter-terrorism officer, the Afghan Taliban actively participated in the said attacks. “Our details show that in every ‘tashkil’ (movement) if 10 TTP members were dispatched, five or four would be Afghan citizens,” said the officer. Click here to read more (external
Hindustan Times: Pakistan Army has been reminded of its financial crisis and inability to fight Taliban after country’s defence minister Khawaja Asif threatened to bomb Afghanistan for hosting TTP terrorists. Noted Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary gave a reality check to Asif, reminding him of his own words that even a superpower like America could not
Sarah Zaman VOA News April 12, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s defense minister, Khawaja Asif, has said that Islamabad has warned the Afghan Taliban it will strike terrorist hideouts inside Afghanistan if the de facto rulers in Kabul are unable to rein in anti-Pakistan militants. In an exclusive interview with Voice of America, Asif said in his
Khaama: The last time a major operation was launched against Islamist militants was in 2014, and it cost the country billions of dollars and resulted over a million people being displaced and hundreds being killed. However, Pakistan has seen a rise in attacks by militants in the last few months, particularly since negotiations with the
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Thursday that a predawn militant assault on a police outpost and subsequent roadside bomb blast had killed four police officers and wounded six others. The deadly violence occurred in Lakki Marwat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. A provincial police
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 29, 2023 When the United States pulled out its forces from Afghanistan in 2021, it left behind around $7 billion worth of military equipment and weapons, including firearms, communications gear, and even armored vehicles. The Taliban seized the arms following the fall of the Western-backed Afghan government during
8am: Now that Pakistan‘s support of the Taliban has caused the collapse of the Afghan Government, Islamabad is in violation of international laws as a lobbyist and supporter of this group. However, the Taliban have likely provided Islamabad‘s enemies with a safe haven. Despite this, many politicians in Pakistan and Afghanistan still believe that the
Ariana: The Express Tribune newspaper in Pakistan reported on Friday that IEA [Taliban] proposed a plan to control TTP and it envisaged disarming TTP fighters and moving them away from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border areas. The report stated that IEA asked Pakistan to fund the proposal and bear the costs of rehabilitating the TTP. IEA’s spokesman,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal February 22, 2023 A high-level delegation led by Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif is holding talks with Taliban rulers in Kabul amid tensions prompted by Islamabad’s accusations that Afghanistan is harboring Pakistani militants and the recent closing of a key border crossing between the two neighbors. Asif is being accompanied by