India’s outreach to the Taliban highlights a pragmatic shift in its foreign policy. India’s quiet yet deliberate engagement with the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan is reshaping South Asia’s strategic landscape, leaving Pakistan in a precarious position.Driving the news The latest meeting between foreign secretary Vikram Misri and Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in…
Pakistan Army soldiers. (Reuters) ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces killed nine insurgents, including a high-level target, in a shootout overnight in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the volatile northwestern region that borders Afghanistan, the military said Thursday.A statement issued by the Pakistan army’s media wing said that troops also seized weapons and ammunition…
Six soldiers and as many terrorists were killed in a gunfight in Pakistan’s volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to a statement from the Pakistan military on Saturday. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said that the exchange of fire occurred during the night between October 4-5 in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it was developing new travel guidelines for foreign diplomats to ensure their safety following a recent attack on a convoy of envoys from 12 countries in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.One policeman was killed and four wounded in the roadside bomb attack in Malam Jabba, a tourist resort in Swat district,…
NEW DELHI: In recent days, Pakistan has been gripped by a series of devastating terrorist attacks. From the interior regions of Balochistan to the mountainous terrains of the north, the frequency of such attacks is alarmingly high, impacting mostly security personnel but recently targeting foreign nationals, specifically Chinese workers.Targeted attack on Chinese nationalsThe Bisham attack,…
