At least 23 Pakistani soldiers and an estimated 200 Afghan Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, officials from both countries said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest confrontations between the neighbors in recent years. According to Pakistan’s military media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Afghan Taliban and allied […]
What unfolded along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border overnight was not just another skirmish, it was a tragedy between two nations that share faith, history, and kinship. When Muslim soldiers fire on one another across a line drawn by colonial powers, the entire region bleeds.
Heavy clashes erupted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late Saturday after Afghan Taliban forces attacked several Pakistani military posts, prompting a fierce response from Islamabad, officials said. Pakistan interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised security forces for their “prompt and effective response,” saying Afghan forces’ firing on civilians violated international law. “Afghanistan is being answered with stones […]
OpenAI has expanded its lower-cost ChatGPT Go plan to Afghanistan, offering users affordable access to its latest model, GPT-5. The plan, priced at about $4.50 a month in nearby markets, includes image generation, file uploads, and advanced data analysis tools. OpenAI said the rollout is part of its push to make artificial intelligence more accessible […]
Pakistan and Afghanistan are being urged to stabilize their shared border and eliminate ungoverned spaces that allow militants to operate, threatening security and economic growth in both nations. Pakistan’s State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry warned that if current talks with the Taliban fail to halt cross-border terrorism, Islamabad will answer with “the language of […]
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said trade with Pakistan topped $1.1 billion in the first six months of the current solar year, highlighting the need for deeper economic ties. Exports stood at $304 million, while imports reached $804 million. Afghan exports included coal, cotton, talc, beans and tobacco, while imports from Pakistan featured rice, […]
An American citizen detained in Afghanistan since December has been released after Qatari mediation, officials said Sunday. Amir Amiri is the fifth U.S. citizen freed this year by the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which returned to power in 2021 following the U.S. withdrawal. Negotiations took months, with Qatar arranging initial talks between […]
Surveillance drones and armed teams are sweeping across Pakistan’s countryside as authorities intensify efforts to eradicate opium poppy fields. The government has committed at least $3.5 million this year to the campaign, officials said, deploying weedicide sprayers and rifles to uproot thousands of acres of crops. The crackdown comes after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers banned poppy […]
For more than four decades, Afghanistan’s poppy fields fueled the world’s heroin trade. The crop spread across ungoverned pockets of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, thriving through the wars that began with the Soviet invasion in 1979 and ended with NATO’s withdrawal in 2021. Since retaking power in 2021, Taliban authorities have enforced a sweeping ban […]
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday, killing at least 812 people and injuring more than 2,800, according to the Taliban-run government. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.0-magnitude quake hit about 17 miles from Jalalabad, with damage reported in Nangahar, Konar and Laghman provinces. Rescuers ferried survivors to Jalalabad Airport as villages reported […]
