Afghanistan

News Desk Quetta: A powerful bomb blast targeted a passenger train in Quetta on Sunday morning, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials said. The explosion occurred around 8am near Chaman Phatak as a…

News Desk  Islamabad: A powerful 5.5-magnitude earthquake originating deep beneath Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region rattled large parts of northern Pakistan on Saturday, once again underscoring the country’s persistent vulnerability to…

Murad Khan Bajaur: Mohmand District has two important trade routes with the neighboring Muslim country Afghanistan, namely Gorsal and Nawa Pass border points.  However, the major trade route was Gorsal, which has been closed since…

News Desk  Rawalpindi: Security forces allegedly eliminated 13 India-backed militants in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOS) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as part of ongoing efforts to curb terrorism in the region, the military’s…

Sher Ahmed Durrani Islamabad: For decades, Pakistan’s western frontier has been viewed through a singular strategic lens: the pursuit of “strategic depth” in Afghanistan. Conceived during the Cold War and refined in the shadow of…

News Desk/APP Peshawar: Amid rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Pak-Afghan Peace Jirga is scheduled to be held in Peshawar on March 31, aiming to develop a joint framework for peace, stability, and constructive dialogue…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan will celebrate Eid ul Fitr on Saturday (March 21) after the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced that no credible evidence of the Shawwal crescent moon sighting was received from any part of the…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces, Syed Asim Munir, on Wednesday underscored the need for national cohesion and a united stance against terrorism, while warning that militant groups operating…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan’s Armed Forces carried out precision airstrikes under Operation Ghazab Lil Haq on the night of March 16, targeting militant-linked installations in Kabul and Nangarhar, Federal Minister for Information and…