Local officials report that intense fighting has erupted between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the Durand Line in the Terewo and Wurmamay districts of southeastern Paktika province. Maulvi Subhanullah Azam, information officer at the Khost Department of Information and Culture, said that around 11 a.m. in Terewo district, fierce clashes broke out at the Durand More
A journalist from the Paktia National Radio Television branch has been killed and another wounded in firing by Pakistani forces near the Durand Line in southeastern Khost province, a local official said on Wednesday. A government source in Khost told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul Ghafoor Abid, a journalist with Paktia National Radio Television, was More
Taliban on Sunday said a ruling faction within Pakistan’s military was spreading propaganda against the Afghan government because it could not tolerate Afghanistan’s progress and stability. Addressing reporters in Kabul, Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the certain group was deliberately instigating conflicts along the Durand Line and attempting to undermine the positive developments in More
Taliban says Afghan forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers and captured around 20 security posts during operations along the Durand Line on Saturday night. The operations followed Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul and Margha Bazaar in Barmal district, Paktika province, on Thursday night. Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for Taliban, said today in a press conference in Kabul: More
Qatar has expressed concern over the escalation of tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan along the Durand Line, urging both sides to exercise restraint. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar said: “The State of Qatar expresses its concern over the escalation and tensions between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and More
Pakistan has closed the Torkham crossing for all types of movement, local officials in eastern Nangarhar said on Sunday. Qureshi Badloon, the information officer at the Information and Culture department of Nangarhar, wrote on his Facebook that the Pakistani side shut the Torkham crossing for all types of travel and transport this morning. Pakistan has More
India’s Ministry of External Affairs says New Delhi has provided food assistance to the recent earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for the ministry wrote on his X handle that the aid was handed over by Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to his Afghan counterpart Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi. Muttaqi travelled to More
Former president Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on ‘Kabul and Paktika,” calling them a clear violation of international law and an invasion of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity. The former president wrote on his X page that “Pakistan’s policies towards Afghanistan and the region were ‘irresponsible’ and did not take into account their negative consequences. More
India will reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut four years ago, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Friday. India closed its embassy in Kabul after the Islamic Emirate seized power following the withdrawal of US-led Nato forces in 2021, but opened a small mission a year later to facilitate trade, medical support, More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has successfully completed the first phase of a nationwide measles vaccination campaign, with approximately 8.9 million children aged six months to ten years vaccinated across 17 provinces of Afghanistan. In a statement, WHO said that together with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and in collaboration with the More
