ISLAMABAD: Around 350 Afghan students have arrived in Pakistan to pursue studies in top-tier universities across diverse disciplines under the Higher Education Commission’s Allama Muhammad Iqbal Scholarships for Afghan Students. The HEC held a reception to welcome the students at the commission’s Peshawar regional centre, according to a press release issued here. It said that this development marks a significant …
ISLAMABAD: Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday described the improvement of ties with Pakistan as a “very positive development in bilateral relations,” the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement. Earlier this week, both nations agreed to upgrade their diplomatic relations by exchanging envoys — a key step towards normalising ties after years of strained relations between …
ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Interim foreign minister is expected to travel to Islamabad soon on a first visit in two years, highlighting the growing high-level exchanges between the two neighbours in recent weeks. “He (Amir Khan Muttaqi) will visit Pakistan soon. Dates are being worked out,” said a diplomatic source on Thursday. The source said the Afghan side has already accepted …
BEIJING: Pakistan, China and Afghanistan have agreed to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghan territory, marking a significant step in trilateral cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative. The agreement came during an informal trilateral meeting held in Beijing on Wednesday between Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Afghanistan’s …
RAWALPINDI: Security forces have killed 17 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the military’s media wing said on Monday. A day ago, the forces had neutralised 54 terrorists while they were attempting to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the same region. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), this is the highest-ever number of …
RAWALPINDI: A terrorist identified as an Afghan national was killed in Sambaza, Zhob district of Balochistan on 11 January 2025, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported on Tuesday. The individual, Muhammad Khan Ahmedkhel, son of Haji Qasim Dawran Khan, was a resident of Bilorai village in Wazekhwa district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. The deceased was involved in acts of terrorism within …
WASHNIGTON: White House official John Kirby has clarified on Wednesday that Pakistan was never a technical or tactical ally of the United States, emphasing that no treaty of alliance existed between the two countries. During a press briefing in Washington, Kirby responded to a question about the Biden administration’s actions regarding Pakistan’s appeal over rising cross-border terrorism. He noted, “Well, …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday said that Pakistani forces conduct “operations in border areas to protect the people of Pakistan from terrorist groups”, a day after the Taliban administration accused the country of carrying out an airstrike on its territory. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due to frequent border skirmishes and Islamabad repeatedly demanding Kabul …
PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban regime on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with Islamabad over an air strike, carried out by Pakistani jets near the Pak-Afghan border the previous day, warning that Afghanistan’s territorial sovereignty was the red line for the ruling Islamic Emirate, Kabul’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “The foreign ministry of the Islamic Emirate of …
PESHAWAR: Pakistani fighter jets bombed four locations, said to be camps of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province, killing and wounding several suspected terrorists, security officials said on Tuesday night. Sources said that TTP camps in the Murgha and Laman areas of Bernal district were targeted, including one that was used by Sher Zaman alias Mukhlis …