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Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan attacks inside Pakistan, cross-border military strikes, and deteriorating security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Five Pakistani soldiers, including an army major, were killed Wednesday during an operation against insurgents in Balochistan province, the military said. The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack, which…
3 MIN READA bomb attached to a rickshaw exploded in a crowded bazaar in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen, according to local police.
3 MIN READA bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in Lakki Marwat in northwest Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said Tuesday. The blast damaged nearby shops, and traffic police officers…
3 MIN READA suicide bomber and gunmen rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security post in northwestern Pakistan late Saturday, killing at least three police officers and wounding others in an ongoing firefight, a police official said.
3 MIN READPakistan summoned the Afghan chargé d’affaires on Monday to lodge a formal complaint over a weekend suicide attack that killed 15 police officers in the northwest, with Islamabad citing evidence that the assault was planned from Afghan…
3 MIN READA suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle near a police security post in Bannu, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, late Saturday, triggering a firefight that killed at least three police officers, police said. Police…
3 MIN READPakistan summoned Afghanistan’s charge d’affaires on Monday to lodge a formal complaint over a suicide attack in the country’s northwest that killed 15 police officers, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry. Islamabad blamed the late…
3 MIN READA suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a security post in the Bannu district of northwestern Pakistan late Saturday, killing at least 14 police officers, authorities said. The attack was claimed by a newly formed militant group that…
3 MIN READPakistan’s police said a suicide attack on a security post in Bannu, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, killed 14 officers and wounded three early Sunday, after a vehicle packed with explosives detonated late…
3 MIN READAfghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out cross-border attacks into its eastern Kunar province on Monday that killed at least three civilians and wounded 14, destroying schools, mosques and a health center, as the neighbors’ months-long…
3 MIN READAfghanistan’s government accused Pakistan on Monday of carrying out cross-border attacks that hit civilian areas in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and wounding 14, amid continued tension between the two neighbors.…
3 MIN READPakistan’s military said it destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts in a remote area of southwestern Balochistan on Wednesday, calling the strikes a response to “unprovoked aggression.” Pakistan also reported attacks on hideouts of the…
3 MIN READPakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan after its defense minister said “open war” with its eastern neighbor, as clashes continued along the border. Afghanistan and Pakistan each disputed casualty and troop-loss figures and…
3 MIN READMortars and missiles fired from Pakistan hit a university and civilian homes in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, Afghan officials said, killing seven people and wounding at least 85. The strikes marked the first major violence since…
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Pakistan and Afghanistan held a first round of ceasefire talks in China, with Chinese officials mediating, according to Pakistani officials and an Afghan official. The talks were to continue in Urumqi on Thursday, even as Afghanistan…
3 MIN READAfghanistan accused Pakistan’s military of shelling the outskirts of Asadabad, an eastern Afghan city, on Sunday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen civilians. Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said…
4 MIN READRescuers in Kabul pulled more bodies from the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital after Afghanistan said an overnight airstrike by Pakistan killed more than 400 people. Afghanistan’s deputy spokesman and interior ministry cited a…
3 MIN READAfghanistan’s government accused Pakistan’s military of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night. Pakistan denied the allegation and said its strikes targeted military…
3 MIN READPakistan President Asif Ali Zardari warned Saturday that Afghan Taliban forces have crossed a “red line” by launching drone attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan. Hours later, Pakistan reportedly carried out strikes in Afghanistan’s…
3 MIN READAfghanistan’s government accused Pakistan of conducting a precision airstrike that hit a drug‑rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, killing at least 400 people and injuring roughly 250, its deputy spokesperson said on X.…
4 MIN READAfghanistan accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul late Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in cross-border clashes. Pakistan denied targeting any civilian site, calling…
3 MIN READAfghanistan accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul late Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in cross-border clashes. Pakistan denied targeting any civilian site, stating…
3 MIN READPakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari warned Afghanistan’s Taliban government Saturday that it had “crossed a red line” by launching drone attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan, according to Pakistani state media. Hours later, Pakistan…
4 MIN READPakistan said it targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar region overnight, as cross-border fighting between the neighbors showed no sign of easing. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said it responded with an attack on a Pakistani army camp in Pakistan’s South Waziristan on Sunday. The exchanges followed a late-February upending of a Qatar-brokered ceasefire and have raised concerns about broader regional stability.
Pakistan said it targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar region overnight as cross-border fighting between the two neighbors erupted late last month and showed no signs of easing. Afghan officials said Pakistan hit two locations, while Afghanistan retaliated by attacking a Pakistani army camp in South Waziristan. The exchanges have raised concerns about regional stability as fighting coincides with a wider U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed four people, including two officers, and wounded about two dozen others in Wana in northwestern Pakistan, a police official said. The explosion struck the city of Wana in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, he said.
Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged multiple strikes across their shared border on Friday, each side claiming to have killed dozens of the other's troops, as fighting that Islamabad has declared an "open war" entered its ninth consecutive day with international appeals for restraint still unheeded.
Pakistan's military struck targets along the Afghan border on Sunday, claiming it killed at least 70 militants in what officials described as retaliation for recent terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Afghanistan denied the casualty figures and said the strikes hit civilian areas, including a religious school and homes, in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika. The strikes threatened a ceasefire brokered by Qatar last October and escalated tensions between the two countries.
A suicide bomber struck a security convoy in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers including a lieutenant colonel, the Pakistani military said. The attack occurred in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, where security forces have battled militants for years. The military said Pakistan would not "exercise any restraint" in operations against those responsible, language that appeared to signal rising tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.
Afghanistan has released three Pakistani soldiers it captured during cross-border fighting last October, the Afghan government’s spokesman said. Zabihullah Mujahid said the soldiers, captured on Oct. 12, were turned over to a Saudi delegation that mediated between the two sides and traveled to Kabul on Monday. The announcement came as Afghanistan cited the start of Ramadan for the decision.
Motorcycle-bomb attackers struck a police station in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing at least two people including a child and wounding several others, police said Monday. Later, a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle attacked a security checkpoint in Bajaur district, where troops returned fire and police said they killed at least eight fighters. Pakistani officials said a girl was killed when a nearby house roof collapsed and rescuers were working to clear rubble at the checkpoint.
Islamabad said President Asif Ali Zardari warned that Afghanistan’s Taliban government has created conditions “similar to or worse than” before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, after a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad killed 31 worshippers.
Pakistani security forces raided multiple locations and arrested four suspects, including an alleged mastermind, after a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad killed 31 people, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said Saturday. The minister said the bombing was planned and the attacker trained in Afghanistan, and he alleged financial backing from India, without providing evidence. A statement by a regional Islamic State affiliate said the attacker opened fire on security guards before detonating his explosive vest after entering the mosque.
Pakistan’s government says police and military killed 145 militants in counterterrorism operations in Balochistan over the past two days, after coordinated suicide and gun attacks that killed 33 people, mostly civilians. The government said the raids began early Saturday at multiple locations across the restive province, and that the dead included civilians as well as security personnel, with some bodies in custody described as Afghan nationals.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among wedding guests in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding 25, police said. The attack occurred at the home of Noor Alam Mehsud, a pro-government community leader in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to local police chief Adnan Khan.
Pakistani security forces thwarted an attempted hostage-taking after assailants attacked a police station in Kharan district in Balochistan on Friday, the military said. The attack began a day earlier, when the attackers targeted two banks, looted millions of rupees and then tried to seize hostages at the police station. Security forces killed at least 12 militants in the subsequent gunfight, the military said.
