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Pakistani forces kill Afghan Taliban fighters in border escalation
Pakistan's security forces report ongoing cross-border fire in latest fighting with Afghanistan.
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Saudi, Turkish, Pakistani chiefs plan urgent talks amid Yemen fighting
Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan move to deepen defence coordination as Houthi attacks and Yemen fighting intensify.
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Four civilians killed in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan, Taliban says
Pakistan says it struck 10 targets, adding the strikes were "strictly limited to identified military objectives".
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‘Source of anxiety’: Pakistan cracks down before march to free Imran Khan
The government has blocked highways to the capital and set up container barriers in preparation for the PTI protest.
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Afghanistan: Pakistani strikes kill four civilians, Taliban promise to respond
Pakistan stated on Thursday that it had conducted air strikes and drone attacks on ten sites in Afghanistan, which Islamabad said were used to store and launch drones towards its territory. The Taliban in power in Kabul announced a record of four civilians killed.
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Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, killing civilians, Taliban says
Pakistan launched air strikes Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan in what Islamabad said was a retaliation for a drone attack by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on a border post. A Taliban government spokesman denied the allegation and said Pakistan's latest strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces.
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Pakistan-administered Kashmir votes for president amid unrest
Lawmakers will choose a president despite seven vacant seats in districts at the centre of months of unrest.
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Afghanistan vows to respond after Pakistani air strikes kill four
Pakistan said it carried out air strikes on 10 locations in Afghanistan used to store and launch drones.
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Pakistan's jailed former PM Khan's sons told DW the authorities are cracking down ahead of new PTI protests
The sons of jailed Pakistani ex-PM Imran Khan told DW their father is in ill health while being isolated from family and doctors. Other relatives have been detained ahead of a planned opposition protest.
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Pakistan must ‘catch up’ with India in T20 cricket, says coach Hesson
Pakistan could face India in the knockouts of the Asian Games, where the world champions won gold in 2023.
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Pakistan’s latest Trump bet is on drone firm already selling to India
The company's cofounder is also an ex-Israeli soldier. Pakistan does not recognise Israel.
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Pakistan seals roads to Islamabad before protests for Imran Khan’s release
Police close major highways into Islamabad as supporters of jailed former prime minister plan to march into the capital.
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Iran’s Pezeshkian meets Pakistan’s Naqvi in Tehran as tensions with US rise
Pakistani interior minister's trip to Tehran is his sixth and comes as Islamabad, Doha seek to revive diplomacy with US.
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Protesters march on Islamabad over soaring fuel prices
Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party has launched a protest march towards Islamabad over soaring fuel prices.
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Pakistan says strikes in Afghanistan killed '28 terrorists'
The Afghan border provinces of Kunar and Paktika were struck overnight. Pakistan said 28 militants were killed, Afghanistan said three civilians died. This follows soon after an attack on police in Kohat, Pakistan.
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Taliban says three killed in new Pakistan airstrikes on Afghanistan
The Afghan border provinces of Kunar and Paktika were reportedly struck. Pakistan last carried out deadly strikes on Afghanistan in June.
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Pakistan arrests sisters of imprisoned former PM Imran Khan
The three sisters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan were arrested in the province of Punjab, his Tehreek-e-Insaf party said on Monday. Khan, who was prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has been imprisoned since 2023 and was sentenced last year to 17 years on corruption charges.
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Sister of Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan arrested
Aleema Khanum is accused of mobilising her brother’s supporters ahead of country-wide protests.
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s sister arrested before planned PTI march
Khan’s party condemns his sister’s arrest as an illegal attempt to silence her over PTI leader’s ongoing imprisonment.
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Asian Games: Smriti Mandhana breaks T20 record as India beat Bangladesh
India defeat Bangladesh by 114 runs to book women's cricket final against Sri Lanka, who beat Pakistan by eight wickets.