1 week agoAt least 34 people were killed and over 41 more were wounded on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a trailer truck on the Indus Highway in Dera Ghazi Khan, local media reported
US envoy for Afghanistan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistan officials on the Afghan peace process, per sources. The visit comes a day after Taliban leaders and Abdullah-led Kabul team concluded 2-day talks in Doha, Qatar
President @ashrafghani instructed @mfa_afghanistan to call back our ambassador from Islamabad along with all senior diplomats
1 week agoThe Afghan Foreign Ministry "summoned" Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul yesterday over the abduction of the daughter of the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad, lodging a strong protest and calling on the Pakistani govt to "take immediate action to identify and punish the perpetrators
1 week agoPhotos: Afghans protest in front of Pakistan's embassy in Kabul today over the kidnapping and torture of Silsila Alikhil, daughter of Najibullah Alikhil, the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad. The protestors carried signs saying: "Shut down Pakistan's embassy in Kabul
2 week agoPakistan: Foreign Ministry rejected allegations by Afghan Vice President (regarding Afghan army airstrikes on Taliban positions at Wesh-Shaman border post (Spin Boldak)
Reuters: "Pakistan military rescues 5 telecom workers kidnapped near Afghan border"
2 week agoRepresentatives of the US, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan agree on "a new quadrilateral diplomatic platform focused on enhancing regional connectivity
Pakistan confirms Taliban have Afghan border town: foreign ministry
China to send task force to Pakistan to jointly investigate blast that killed several Chinese
Reuters on the authority of an Afghan government official: Our forces have recaptured the Chaman border crossing with Pakistan from the Taliban
Pakistani border guards use tear gas to disperse a crowd at the border with Afghanistan
2 week agoVIDEO circulating on Pakistani social media shows a small Taliban flag raised on the Pakistani side apparently by some pro-Taliban Afghan refugees
2 week agoExplosion in Pakistan: at least 10 dead 10 people died, 39 injured as a result an explosion targeted a bus carrying Chinese engineers, Pakistani soldiers in Pakistan. The bus was carrying over 30 Chinese engineers to the site of Dasu dam project in Upper Kohistan
At least 9 killed in bus blast in NW Pakistan
China calls on Pakistan to hold accountable those responsible for bus explosion that killed 6 Chinese
China urges 'severe punishment' for Pakistan bus blast attackers
2 week agoProtest against non-supply of electricity at Gulistan-e-Johar Perfume Chowk affected traffic flow
2 week agoPakistan's ambassador in Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, warns that deploying militia to fight the Taliban could worsen the situation in Afghanistan. "If things translate into some kind of warfare between militias and Taliban, it will be dangerous," the envoy tells AFP
A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said. (Reuters)
Sec Blinken spoke with the Pakistani FM today & they "discussed the importance of continued U.S.-Pakistan cooperation on the Afghanistan peace process" @StateDeptSpox said. Pakistan is widely viewed as key to a peaceful future Afghanistan, with some Taliban operating in the country
The Tehrik-e-Taliban have claimed attacking a checkpoint in Dir Lower district of Khyber Pakhtunkha. Police say Hussain Khan was targeted late last night when unidentified men opened fire at a checkpoint. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital
Deputy Director @ITCTofficial, Faran Jeffery @Natsecjeff has been unlawfully abducted by Pakistani security services from his home in early Sunday along with his computers & 2 mobile phones
3 week agoAn Oil Tanker standing in the workshop exploded during work near 100 ft Road, Yousuf Goth, Baldia Karachi in which two person got burnt-injured and one person died namely, Zohaib (dead) 2.Hashim 55yrs, 3.Abu Bakar 17yrs.All are shifted to CHK further investigation is underway
Police encounter took place near Anwar Baloch Hotel, Ferozabad, Malir city. In exchange of firing between the police and robbers two #robbers got #killed namely 1. Jumma Khan 2. Naimat and Police arrested one criminal in injured condition namely Mehamood Khan
Afghanistan - Due to the recent unrest in Afghanistan the three countries of Iran, Turkey and Pakistan have closed their consulates in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province
India strongly objects after drone spotted inside residential area of Indian High Commission in Islamabad. Development comes days after drone attack from Pakistan inside Indian Air Force base in Jammu which missed the target. More details in @MEAIndia briefing today
1 month agoPakistan Army Chief Warns spoilers of peace in Afghanistan risk regional instability
Indian Army: Based on info regarding presence of a small group of suspicious armed persons near vill Dadal, few kms from the LoC, search ops were launched last evening. During the night exchange of fire occurred in which one soldier received minor injuries and was evacuated
1 month agoPakistan's interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed during an interview with GeoNews on Sunday said that families of Afghan Taliban reside in his country, incld. in areas around the capital, Islamabad, & the insurgent group's members receive some medical treatment in local hospitals
