KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Iran have agreed to send back their ambassadors to their respective posts, reflecting a thaw in strained relations following an exchange of missile attacks on each other’s territories last week. “Following the telephone conversation between the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Islamabad, Pakistan – – AFP Pakistan and Iran’s cross-border air raids this week targeting militants on each other’s soil mark an unprecedented flare-up at a time when the region is already a tinderbox of tensions, analysts say. “This kind of attack has never been done by either side,” said Karachi Universit...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has offered its role to de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and Iran, after the two neighbors launched airstrikes against “terrorists” in each other’s territory. “Iran and Pakistan are close neighbors and friendly countries to China, holding significant influence,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. “Chin...
BEIJING – AFP China has urged Pakistan and Iran to show restraint, after Islamabad said Tehran had carried out an air strike on its territory that killed two children. Mao Ning, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said: “China has always advocated that relations between countries should be handled in accordance with the basic no...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador from Tehran following Iranian airstrikes in southwestern Balochistan province. “Last night’s unprovoked and blatant breach of Pakistan’s sovereignty by Iran is a violation of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,” said F...
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 28 security personnel and 27 suspected militants were killed on Tuesday in three separate incidents in northwestern Pakistan, including a shooting and bomb attack, officials said. The incidents took place in different parts of Dera Ismail Khan district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa p...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Thousands of people on Thursday staged a protest at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in southwestern Balochistan province against Islamabad’s decision to restrict border crossing for those having no visa and passport. The protesters blocked the main route at the Chaman border, demanding the Pakistani authorities reverse the dec...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani security forces have launched a fresh operation in the southwestern mountainous region to recover six local footballers kidnapped by armed men last week, a government official said on Monday. The footballers were on their way to take part in a local football tournament in southwestern Balochistan provin...
