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Yearender 2022: Pakistan-Taliban ties in jeopardy over Durand Line crisis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan endorsed the Taliban taking over Kabul by saying that Afghanistan has broken the "shackles of slavery" in the neighbouring war-torn country. Pakistan is accused of facilitating the Taliban rebellion which ultimately resulted in the seizing of powe
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Pakistan-Taliban ties: From strategic depth to strategic menace
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US exit from Afghanistan had bolstered Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) activities with its base in the war-torn country still intact, Pakistan's counter-terrorism authority in Islamabad told the country's Senate Standing Committee on Interior earlier this month. The TTP gained considerab
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UNHCR voices concern over arrest of Afghan refugees in Karachi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Friday, Sindh Minister Sharjeel Memon said 129 Afghan female illegal immigrants were jailed in the province -- with 178 children -- but insisted the minors were not under arrest, the Dawn newspaper reported.
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PTI to hold protest against inflation, 'sinking economy' in Pakistan from
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"From tomorrow, demonstrations will be staged against inflation and the sinking economy [...] and this movement will continue until the incumbent government is sent packing," Dawn quoted Fawad Chaudhry as saying on Thursday.
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Multiple Sunday blasts in Pakistan forces US to resrict movements of its c
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Sunday, at least seven blasts took place in Pakistan's Balochistan where 5 army personnel were killed and 19 others were injured.
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Paperless Afghan migrants will be fined or blacklisted, not deported: Paki
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Earlier, in October, the interior ministry of Pakistan had circulated an ad on TV and social media saying that foreign nationals, who overstayed in the country beyond December 31, 2022, will face serious consequences. The punishment included imprisonment and forceful deportation.
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Pakistan in a fix as border clashes with Afghanistan continue
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan has no option but to seek engagement with the Afghan Taliban regime, The Express Tribune reported, citing people dealing with the matter. Border incidents have spiked in the last few weeks, putting Pakistan's ties with the Taliban in limbo.
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Afghan Taliban challenges neighbour Pakistan as clashes erupt on border
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan is feeling frustrated with the ongoing instability in Afghanistan and may not want to be seen as an 'ally' of the Taliban regime to avoid the burden of stabilising Afghanistan.
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Aggression from Afghanistan is the result of Pak's support for extremism,
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While speaking about the cross border terrorism in the assembly session, Awami National Party Parliamentary Leader Mohammad Asghar Khan Achakzai claimed that Pakistan had helped the Taliban in the transition of power after the US military intervened in Afghanistan.
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Pakistani senator Farooq Naek calls for revisiting Afghan policy after sur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Naek expressed serious reservations over the attack on the Pakistani head of mission in Kabul earlier this month, Dawn newspaper reported.
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One killed, 15 others injured in armed clashes between security forces of
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The ISPR in a statement announced that indiscriminate fire from Afghanistan on the civilians of Chaman continued intermittently.
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1 civilian dead, 12 injured in another attack by Afghan forces on Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Afghan forces opened fire heavy weapons on the civilian population in Kali Musa near the border area, which prompted Pakistan and in retaliation, the establishment also fired.
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