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Amid ongoing border tensions, Pakistan has underlined that a close cooperation and meaningful engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan in areas of security, counter-terrorism and border management is necessary to preventing cross-border movement of terrorist groups and...

A U.S. airstrike this month in southeast Afghanistan killed the militant behind the Marriott hotel attack in Islamabad and an assault on Sri Lankan cricket team, the Pentagon said Saturday. The killing of al-Qaeda operative Qari...

Pakistan has started erecting a fence along its border with Afghanistan, a decision it says has been prompted by a spate of bombings last month which were traced back to militants hiding inside the Afghan territory....

A six-member crew of a Pakistani helicopter, reportedly taken hostage by the Afghan Taliban in Afghanistan’s Logar province on August 4, has been released and handed over to Pakistani authorities on Saturday. “The six-member crew of...

The United States has condemned in the strongest terms the vicious attack Saturday in Kabul that killed 80 Afghans and wounded more than 250 people. “We send our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those killed...

FEATURED IMAGE above shows historic Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan Photo Credit: By James Mollison via Wikimedia Commons Once again – after Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s assassination by the drone in Baluchistan — the question has resurfaced as...

As Kabul prepares for direct talks with Taliban to establish legitimacy in the face of insurgency, rampant corruption is fast eroding average Afghanis’ trust in the state and threatening to undermine efforts for sustainable peace. Rated...

Afghan violence in 2015 claimed the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in the war-torn country, laying bare inability of the Afghan forces to stem the Taliban-led insurgency after they were handed over the combat role...

President Barack Obama, who has worked toward a total troops withdrawal from Afghanistan by end of next year, may change his plan in the wake of recent insurgent attacks in the country. White House security aides point...

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