This region is crucial for Chinese infrastructure projects and has been a hotspot for insurgent activity. The Pakistani government is keen to secure resource-rich regions and stabilise its western frontier to support regional economic plans, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CP
Pakistan has shut the Ghulam Khan border crossing with Afghanistan's Khost province, enforcing stricter visa and passport rules. The move has stranded travelers, disrupted trade, and raised concerns about instability in cross-border ties and local economies, according to Khaama Press.
The Afghan government says over 72,000 families have returned in three months, including nearly 100,000 via the Iran-Afghanistan border in just three days.
Security forces killed 54 terrorists attempting to infiltrate from Afghanistan into Pakistan's North Waziristan district, marking the highest number of militants neutralised in a single engagement during the ongoing counterterrorism campaign, the ISPR said.
The movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan via the Torkham border crossing was abruptly suspended on February 27 after differences between the security forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan over construction activities on both sides of the border.
According to sources, the dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan started nearly three weeks back when Afghan forces began making structures in Pakistani territory near the Torkham border, Geo News reported, citing The News.
Security forces neutralised six TTP terrorists attempting to infiltrate Balochistan's Zhob district from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The operation highlights ongoing security challenges in the region. The ISPR emphasised Pakistan's demand for effective border management from Afghanistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the ongoing terrorist activities of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from across the Afghanistan border, calling them intolerable and a red line, and urged the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to take immediate action against the group, ARY N
Pakistan border crossing at Kharlachi in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was opened being closed for nine days following clashes between tribal communities near the border area
Trade has been suspended along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Torkham after authorities started asking Afghan cargo truck drivers for travel documents, Pakistan-based The Express Tribune reported. In response to the decision, Taliban authorities suspended all vehicular movement entering
akistani security forces on Sunday claimed to have eliminated four armed fighters including one "high-value target" identified as "Ibrahim"near the northwestern border with Afghanistan, Al Jazeera reported, citing Pakistan's military.