Pakistan-Taliban war has entered sixth day while the intensity of the clashes appear to be lower than when it began although there were no signs that the allies-turned-foes were seeking to step back and make peace.

Pakistan will not hesitate to target top leadership of the Afghan Taliban, including reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, if credible intelligence becomes available, a senior security source disclosed on Monday, as Islamabad presses ahead with an expanded military campaign across the border.

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don’t break bones or leave visible, lasting wounds.

Afghanistan's new envoy to India signals a major geopolitical shift, as the Taliban seeks diplomatic alternatives amid a sharp deterioration in Pakistan relations.

Pakistani armed forces have destroyed a major ammunition depot in Afghanistan's Khost province during the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched in response to unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban along the border.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Pakistan’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and declaring “open war” on its Taliban-run neighbor.

Pakistan previously nurtured the Taliban’s senior ranks, training and financing the Islamist group through its intelligence services and sheltering them during the 20-year Nato occupation of Afghanistan. But Islamabad now views its one-time proxy, whose return to power in 2021 was celebrated by Pakistani officials, as its chief security threat.

At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat.

Four hundred and fifteen Afghan Taliban's operatives have so far been killed and five hundred eighty injured during Operation Ghazab lil-Haq. According to the latest updates shared by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on his X handle, 182 Afghan check posts have been destroyed and 31 others captured by our security forces.