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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - September 11, 2026

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’

Posted by Shahana Naseer - September 10, 2026

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - September 9, 2026

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - September 9, 2026

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - September 4, 2026

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - September 2, 2026

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

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - August 28, 2026

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

Four mediators struggle to secure lasting Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire

Posted by Shahana Naseer - August 24, 2026

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - August 17, 2026

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

Posted by Shahana Naseer - August 10, 2026

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