Shahana Naseer, Author at Afghan Studies Center

Pakistan says 15 militants killed while attempting to infiltrate Afghanistan border

Pakistan military’s media wing said on Thursday that security forces gunned down 15 militants while they were attempting to infiltrate

Regional Peace Is Impossible While Terrorists Use Afghan Soil, Says Pakistan PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek on Tuesday that lasting regional peace would

Pakistan deputy PM discusses Middle East tensions with senior British officials during UK visit

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar held discussions on prevailing tensions in the Middle East, Afghanistan and counterterror security cooperation with

Pakistan open to Afghan bilateral security mechanism, demands ‘verifiable’ action against militants

Pakistan said on Thursday it was open to a bilateral mechanism proposed by Afghanistan’s Taliban government to address security disputes

11 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operations in KP, Balochistan

Security forces killed 11 terrorists during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday, citing security sources. According

Four mediators struggle to secure lasting Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire

A ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan remains fragile despite sustained diplomatic efforts by Qatar, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and China, according

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

Pakistan rejects Afghanistan’s weapons smuggling allegations, demands action against militants

Islamabad on Sunday rejected Kabul’s allegations that it seized light and heavy weapons smuggled from Pakistan into Afghanistan, demanding the

Pakistan Plans to Reopen Border Trade Routes With Afghanistan After 300 Days

Pakistan has reportedly decided to reopen its major border crossings and transit routes with Afghanistan after nearly 300 days of

Pakistan Warns UN of Growing Terror Threat From Afghanistan

Pakistan has warned the United Nations Security Council that militant groups operating from Afghanistan continue to pose a serious regional