Shahana Naseer, Author at Afghan Studies Center

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

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

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

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

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

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