Torkham, Afghanistan — AFP The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has reopened to pedestrians and vehicles, more than a week after it was closed following a gun battle between frontier guards. There have been several border closures after clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces since the Taliban returned to power in...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – A convoy of paramilitary soldiers was targeted in a roadside bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing one security official and injuring eight others. Superintendent of Police Mohammad Arshad Khan confirmed that a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary was hit in the attack on Machni Road in Peshawar, the...
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...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s legal team has challenged the two crucial legislations regarding changes to laws on military and intelligence agencies in the country’s top court. “The Official Secrets Act, the Army Amendment Act have been challenged in the Supreme Court by Imran Khan. He has req...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani President Arif Alvi’s five-year term completed on Friday evening amid simmering political and economic crises. He is the fourth president to complete a full five-year term in office. Alvi, who was elected the 13th president of the South Asian country in September 2018 following the election victory of t...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll from a landmine explosion in northwest Pakistan rose to two, while 25 were injured, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Shawal area of the restive North Waziristan tribal district that sits near Afghanistan’s border, when a passenger van carrying laborers hit a landmine on Wed...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed to all traffic for the second day on Thursday following a clash between the two countries’ forces. The Pakistan Army and Afghan Taliban forces had exchanged heavy fire on Wednesday, resulting in the closure of the Torkham border, the main point of [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – India’s top court on Tuesday finished hearing arguments on petitions challenging the legality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, and its special status. The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench, led by Chief Justice Dhananjaya ...
Islamabad, Pakistan — AFP Traders across Pakistan shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national elections. Decades of mismanagement and instability have hobbled Pakistan’s economy, and this summer Islamabad was forced into a deal with the Internationa...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Nine soldiers were killed and five injured Thursday when a motorcycle suicide bomber targeted a military convoy in the general area of Jani Khel in Bannu District in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, according to officials. “The area has been cordoned by security forces and sani...
