Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has accused the Taliban of supporting terror groups and allowing Afghan territory to be used for attacks against neighbouring countries, including Pakistan.
Four years after the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) launched widespread protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir over rising electricity tariffs and wheat flour subsidies, authorities say they have accepted almost all economic grievances.
Pakistan’s military says 32 militants, including members of the Pakistani Taliban, were killed in operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The 12th security and border meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held in Pakistan with a delegation from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in attendance.
Taliban Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said an agreement between Iran and the United States would be a positive step benefiting the region. He described its implementation as a welcome development.
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has welcomed the finalisation of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran aimed at ending the conflict and resolving disputes through negotiations.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, condemned the deadly attack on a passenger train in Quetta, saying terrorism in all its forms is unacceptable.
The UN Security Council is set to vote on Tuesday, April 7, on a resolution aimed at protecting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Institute for Economics and Peace says Pakistan has topped the Global Terrorism Index for the first time, recording the highest impact from terrorist attacks last year.
Pakistan is closing most entry points to its capital for security reasons. Pakistan’s interior ministry said on Saturday that the number of access routes into Islamabad would be reduced from 109 to 25.
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the war waged by Israel and the United States against Iran could determine the future of the Islamic Republic.
Qatar has arrested 10 suspects allegedly linked to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the country’s state news agency.
Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said achieving military objectives in Iran would take time.
Two sources familiar with the operation told The Wall Street Journal that the United States and Israel have struck more than 2,000 targets in Iran since the start of their joint attacks.
Satellite images released by Airbus show extensive damage to parts of the office complex of Iran's leader, Ali Khamenei, in Tehran following strikes on Saturday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran said Iran reserves the right to defend itself and respond to what it described as military aggression by Israel and the United States.
Murtaza Solangi, spokesperson for Pakistan’s president, shared footage of a concert by Pakistani singer Mehdi Hasan in Kabul, saying the Afghan capital was once a centre of culture and music.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, has challenged remarks by Donald Trump, demanding evidence for his claim that 32,000 people were killed in Iran.
Local sources in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said at least four people were killed and several others wounded in clashes between fighters of Islamic State Khorasan Province and members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in the Orakzai District.
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 stands as one of the most significant achievements in transboundary water cooperation globally.
Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s former information minister and a senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, has warned that the policies of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are pushing Pashtun society towards destruction.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference that the global order should not take precedence over national interests.