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India rejects Pakistan's "baseless allegations" of aggravating skirmishes
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
India on Thursday rejected Pakistan's allegations of aggravating skirmishes with Afghanistan, calling them "baseless" and accusing Pakistan of blaming others for its own misdeeds.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designates Afghanistan as "state sponsor
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Afghanistan as a "state sponsor of wrongful detention" in a release on Monday. He urged the Taliban to release Americans "unjustly detained," accusing the group of using "terrorist tactics" and "hostage diplomacy" to seek policy concessions from t
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Pakistan's Op 'Ghazab lil-Haq' killed mostly Afghan women, children: UN re
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
The UN body said that from late evening on February 26 to March 5, it verified and recorded 185 civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to indirect fire and aerial attacks linked to cross-border armed clashes with Pakistan.
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Peace only if Taliban renounce support for terrorism: Asim Munir on Pak-Af
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday, Munir made the remarks during his visit to Wana in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where he reviewed the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness along the Western border with
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US backs Pakistan's 'right to defend itself' against Afghan attacks
Updated : 5 days, 19 hours ago IST
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker on Friday (local time) expressed condolences to Pakistan for the lives lost in the recent conflict with Afghanistan and affirmed support for Pakistan's right to defend itself.
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"Pakistan made business out of terrorism, created proxies": Afghan MP in E
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
The Member of the Afghan Parliament in exile, Mariam Solaimankhil, on Friday stated that Pakistan has been profiting from the "business of terrorism" and creating proxy groups, including the Taliban, which have now turned against Islamabad amid escalating cross-border clashes between the two
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UN condemns Taliban's new decree on women after it legitimises use of viol
Updated : 5 days, 23 hours ago IST
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has strongly condemned the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan over a new decree that effectively expands and legitimises the use of violence against women and children, including in homes, in the country.
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Pakistan declares "open war" on Afghanistan after it carries out strikes i
Updated : 5 days, 19 hours ago IST
Cross-border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan escalated sharply on Friday, with Islamabad declaring "open war" on Kabul after carrying out airstrikes in parts of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, further intensifying tensions between the two neighbouring countries.
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Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions escalate: Afghan Forces kill 55 Pakistani so
Updated : 5 days, 19 hours ago IST
The Ministry of National Defence of Afghanistan said that 55 Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory operations carried out along the Durand Line on Thursday.
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Afghanistan: Taliban claims capture of 19 Pakistani outposts, 55 soldiers
Updated : 5 days, 19 hours ago IST
The Taliban-led Afghan government on Thursday (local time) said that its forces had seized 19 Pakistani military outposts and killed 55 Pakistani soldiers during a major border operation, calling it a response to recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan soil.
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Over 80 people killed in Pakistan's cross-border airstrikes on Afghanistan
Updated : 5 days, 22 hours ago IST
More than 80 people were killed in Pakistan's airstrikes at the seven locations in Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost provinces.
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''Annihilation of a family lineage'': IHRF flags 16 civilian deaths as Pak
Updated : 5 days, 22 hours ago IST
The International Human Rights Foundation reported that a Pakistani airstrike hit a civilian home in Behsud, killing at least 16 family members. Pakistan said strikes targeted militant hideouts. The IHRF called it a violation of international law and demanded an independent investigation.
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