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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 view into Pakistan from the Afghan border at Torkham Gate. Photo Staff Sgt. Ryan Matson (U.S. Armed Forces) via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan reopened border crossings with Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds, more than a month after they...

A 2008 image shows US soldiers watching as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Photo Credit:Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, via Wikimedia As the Trump Administration seeks answers to Afghanistan...

Parachinar, capital of Kurram Agency in tribal areas, Photo by Abbas.Haidervia Wikimedia Commons In a major decision, Pakistan has approved plan to introduce political and administrative reforms to mainstream governance in its tribal areas along border...

Torkham Border crossing on Pak-Afghan border, Photo by Master Sgt. Michael O’Connor (US armed forces), via Wikimedia Commons After a week of Afghan border tensions arising from a new wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistani cities,...

Nilofar Rahmani accepting her pilot wings at a ceremony in May 2013 Photo Credit: Senior Airman Scott Saldukas US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons Capt. Nilofar Rahmani, the first female pilot in the Afghan air force,...

In a bid to check movement of militants across its porous border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani government has decided to establish six controlled crossing routes in the next four years that will help monitor all transport...

Amid unending bickering between Afghan government leaders, the United States has asked Kabul not to let their mutual disputes harm security of Afghanistan – facing a tenuous situation in the face of Taliban insurgency and governance...

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...

A NATO meeting in Poland agreed on Saturday to fund Afghan military through 2020, committing $ one billion annually, as Afghanistan continues to face uncertainty in the face of militant insurgency, endemic corruption, political infighting and...