Pakistan army captain and 10 militants killed in a security raid in the northwest
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in the country’s northwest on Thursday, triggering an intense gunbattle that left an army captain and 10 militants ...
Pakistan, Afghanistan open main border crossing, closed for nearly a month
Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday reopened their main border crossing after clashes between the security forces of both ...
Trade resumes as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopen key Torkham border crossing after nearly a month
Officials say trade between Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan has resumed Wednesday at a key border post following a ...
Rights group says Pakistan steps up pressure on Afghans to return home where they risk persecution
A leading rights group says that Pakistan's authorities have intensified pressure on Afghan refugees to go back to ...
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Pakistan orders documented Afghan migrants to leave
Pakistan ordered all documented Afghan migrants on Friday to leave the country by March 31 or risk deportation. The directive was issued a day after the Afghan Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation ...
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Jirga sets forth terms for Torkham peace
KHYBER: A breakthrough was finally achieved on Sunday, when tribal elders and traders met their Afghan counterparts at the Torkham border to negotiate for peace and address the issue of the Pak ...
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Pakistan rejects Afghan plea for delaying deportations
Pakistan has turned down a request by the Afghan Taliban to grant an extension in the stay of Afghan refugees. Kabul has been conveyed in clear terms that Islamabad will stick to its plan for ...
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Pakistan warns of terrorism threat from Afghanistan
Pakistan has warned the world of a serious threat of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan. Delivering a statement in the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan's ...
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Afghanistan denies link to train attack in Pakistan
The Afghan Taliban have rejected Pakistan's allegation that Tuesday's deadly hostage-taking of a train was planned and directed from Afghan soil. Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called ...
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Pak-Afghan jirga postponement dismays delegates
KHYBER: The scheduled meeting of the Pakistan and Afghanistan jirga members was postponed on Wednesday owing to ‘miscommunication’ by a member of the Khyber Chamber of Commerce, which also ...
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Pakistani, Afghan traders call for restoring trade
PESHAWAR: Pak-Afghan traders urged Islamabad and Kabul to sort out peaceful solution to all issues by holding table talks to immediately restore bilateral trade. Traders said owing to the closure ...
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Pakistan links train hijacking to Afghanistan
Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan told the media that the Afghan soil had been used against Pakistan and the latest terrorist attack against Jaffar Express near Sibi in Balochistan was also ...