Suicide attack at Kohat Police Lines mosque leaves 16 martyred, 40 injured; six militants killed

Suicide attack at Kohat Police Lines mosque leaves 16 martyred, 40 injured; six militants killed

At least 16 people, including five police personnel and 11 civilians, were martyred and more than 40 injured in a...
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Six soldiers killed in attack on military convoy in northwest Pakistan

Six soldiers killed in attack on military convoy in northwest Pakistan

Six Pakistani soldiers were killed in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in the northwestern province of...
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Pakistan warns Taliban against sheltering terrorist groups

Pakistan warns Taliban against sheltering terrorist groups

Pakistan has warned of the growing terrorist threat emanating from Afghanistan, and called on the Taliban to crack down on...
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Democracy Day: Afghanistan enters sixth year without elections, political participation

Democracy Day: Afghanistan enters sixth year without elections, political participation

The United Nations is marking the International Day of Democracy on Tuesday as Afghanistan enters its sixth year without national...
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UN envoy says Afghanistan-based militants killed over 4,700 Pakistanis in three years

UN envoy says Afghanistan-based militants killed over 4,700 Pakistanis in three years

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said this week that over 4,700 Pakistanis have been killed in...
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Taliban regime has itself become a proxy trying to destabilize the region, Pakistan’s UN envoy tells Arab News

Taliban regime has itself become a proxy trying to destabilize the region, Pakistan’s UN envoy tells Arab News

Five years after the Taliban swept into Kabul, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, is not walking back...
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PMDC instructs medical, dental colleges not to admit Afghan students for ‘current academic session’

PMDC instructs medical, dental colleges not to admit Afghan students for ‘current academic session’

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has barred medical and dental colleges from granting admission or placement to Afghan...
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Amnesty Condemns Pakistan Order to Expel Afghan Medical Students

Amnesty Condemns Pakistan Order to Expel Afghan Medical Students

Amnesty International has condemned the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council order requiring Afghan medical and dental students enrolled in Pakistani...
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Pakistan medical regulator orders Afghan students to return home amid strained ties

Pakistan medical regulator orders Afghan students to return home amid strained ties

Pakistan’s medical regulator has ordered Afghan students enrolled in medical and dental colleges across the country to return to their...
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But what comes after war?

But what comes after war?

By Elsa Chandio Afghanistan’s war victims continue to live with physical, psychological, and economic harm, with justice, assistance, and acknowledgement...
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Clerics from Pakistan, Afghanistan appeal to authorities to extend pause in fighting till Eidul Azha

A group of clerics from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday appealed to the authorities on both sides to extend the…

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Experts Call for Renewed Dialogue, Humanitarian Easing, and Stability in Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties

Religious scholars, tribal elders, and policy experts from Pakistan and Afghanistan called for an urgent revival of dialogue, practical confidence-building…

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Eminent Pak-Afghan Ulema Voice Support for Girls Education in Afghanistan

The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan meant that the nature of relevant stakeholders in the region had changed, and…

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AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNHAPPY WITH PAKISTAN

In this interview with Matrix Media, veteran economist Haroon Sharif sheds light on what lies behind the Afghans’ (especially the…

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Girls’ Education: The Major Unfulfilled Commitment

Depriving Afghan girls of education was one of the Taliban regime’s systematic and devastating abuses against women, which has been…

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