Two deadly explosions within 24 hours in New Delhi and Islamabad have shaken the capitals of India and Pakistan, exposing how both nations remain vulnerable to the same cycle of extremist violence that has long haunted the region.
A suicide blast outside a district and sessions court in Islamabad’s G-11 area on Tuesday killed at least 12 people and injured 27 others, officials said.
India is losing Bangladesh. The warmth that once marked relations between the two South Asian neighbors has chilled since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Accusations of “fake news” by Dhaka’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh’s growing outreach to Pakistan are symptoms of a deeper failure in New Delhi’s foreign policy.
Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen cooperation in trade, agriculture, IT, energy, pharmaceuticals, and connectivity at the 9th Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting in Dhaka — the first in 20 years.
The Pakistan Navy said Wednesday its ship PNS Yarmook seized narcotics worth nearly $1 billion from two stateless sailboats in the Arabian Sea during a Saudi-led maritime operation. The vessel intercepted the dhows within 48 hours, confiscating more than two tons of crystal meth and 50 kilograms of cocaine valued at about $972 million, according […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday it had reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan to unlock $1.2 billion in funding, pending approval by the Fund’s Executive Board. The deal includes $1 billion under the Extended Fund Facility and $200 million under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, bringing total disbursements to about $3.3 billion. IMF […]
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Tuesday dismissed the presence of an insurgency in the province, blaming “India-backed so-called separatist movements” for escalating violence. Addressing participants at the 17th National Workshop in Quetta, Bugti accused India’s intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), of playing a “clear role” in destabilizing Balochistan. “There is no […]
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 […]
