Tag: Pakistan
Pakistan closes border with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire
(Reuters) -Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday, Pakistani officials said, following exchanges of fire between the…
Firefights erupt between Pakistani and Afghan forces along the border
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Mushtaq Ali and Saeed ShahISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late…
Pakistan Islamists march towards capital after violent anti-Israel protests
Several thousand members of a hard-right Pakistan Islamist party began marching towards the capital on Saturday, after violent…
Militant attack on Pakistani police station kills at least 7 officers and wounds 13
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — At least seven police officers and six militants were killed after gunmen attacked a…
Gunmen attack house of worship of minority sect in Pakistan, wounding 6 worshippers
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — At least three gunmen attacked a house of worship of the Ahmadi sect in…
The Taliban government blames Pakistan for a strike on Kabul
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a…
Explosions hit Kabul as Taliban make diplomatic push to India
Islamabad, Pakistan – A series of explosions and bursts of gunfire rattled Afghanistan’s capital late Thursday evening, according…
India to upgrade Afghan mission to full embassy
India will upgrade its technical mission in Afghanistan to a full embassy, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Friday,…
Pakistan’s military says its forces killed 30 militants involved in an attack that killed 11 soldiers
(Corrects to adds missing word 'militants' in paragraph 3)ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's military said on Friday that its security…
Islamist militants kill 11 Pakistani soldiers in ambush, sources say
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Islamist militants ambushed a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing nine…
Pakistan FM says Trump’s plan to end Israel’s Gaza war was altered
The United States’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza is not the same as the draft…
Days of violent anti-government protests grip Pakistan’s Kashmir
Days of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police have gripped Pakistan's Kashmir on the border with India,…