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Pakistanis want Afganistan border to reopen

SPIN BOLDK, Afghanistan – Nearly three months since border clashes prompted the closure of land crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, university students, merchants and...

Pakistan arrests top official from IS offshoot

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has captured a leader from an offshoot of the Islamic State jihadist group, a senior intelligence official said Friday, after the...

Israel army strikes Hezbollahs in Lebanon

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistani Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Pakistan’s northwestern border area with Afghanistan, killing six soldiers and wounding four others,...

Russia, China tested nukes—Trump

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump alleged Sunday (Monday Manila time) that countries including Russia and China have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to...

Pakistan-Afghanistan talks to resume

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week and will maintain a ceasefire until then, Turkey’s...

Islamabad says peace talks for lasting truce with Kabul ‘failed’

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Wednesday negotiations for a lasting truce with Afghanistan had “failed to bring about a workable solution”, warning it would take...

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to ‘quick truce’ in Qatar talks

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” at talks in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry said early Sunday, after at least...

Ceasefire halts deadly fighting in tense border

SPIN BOLDAK, Boldak, Afghanistan – A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding on Thursday, after dozens of troops and civilians...

Child workers still common in Pakistan

KARACHI – From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan’s megacity of Karachi. Like millions...

Afghan returnees fuel potential ‘of terrorism’

KABUL – A massive spike in millions of migrants forced back into impoverished Afghanistan by Pakistan and Iran could fuel Islamic State militancy, diplomatic...

No pause for food delivery during Pakistan’s monsoon

LAHORE, Pakistan – Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore’s flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time. The water had...

Displaced

Afghan refugees arrive at the UNHCR repatriation center in Azakhel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, August 23, 2025.

China, India pledge to resume flights

BEIJING – China and India announced they would restart direct flights in a string of diplomatic breakthroughs, state media reported Wednesday, as Beijing’s foreign...

Survivors claw through rubble afterPakistan cloudburst kills over 350

BAR DALORI, Pakistan – In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete...
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