Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif has faced criticism on social media over a gesture he made while responding to an Afghan woman journalist who questioned him about Pakistan’s ties with the Taliban and its position on the treatment of Afghan women. Asif interrupted the journalist and did not directly answer the question. (X@khybereena) The exchange…
Ex-bureaucrat, former diplomat, BCG India chairman on RBI board Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. What’s the ongoing story: The government has appointed former senior finance ministry official Annie George Mathew, economist and management consultant Janmejaya Kumar Sinha and…
The conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan flared up again with Islamabad reportedly claiming to have killed 29 militants in a ground operation, followed by “calibrated strikes” against militant hideouts and safe havens in the neighbouring country. While Pakistan claims to have killed 29 militants in the operation, Taliban reportedly claimed civilian casualties in the strikes….
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Group links attack to China’s ‘crimes’ against Uighurs. Beijing urges Taliban government to protect its nationals. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people. The group…
Explosion occurs in downtown Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood, thought to be one of the most secure areas of Kabul. Published On 19 Jan 202619 Jan 2026 | Updated: an hour agoUpdated: an hour ago Click here to share on social media share2 Share An explosion has torn through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily…
Tensions are flaring along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border in Central Asia with the Tajik government reporting multiple armed incursions this month, straining its fragile relationship with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders. More than a dozen people have been killed in attacks by men whom Tajik authorities call “terrorists” and the resulting clashes with Tajik forces, officials in Dushanbe…
In fresh flare-up between Afghanistan and Pakistan, four civillians and one solider was reportedly killed on the Afghan side in an an overnight exchange of gunfire and shelling. A man sits next to the blood-stained floor inside his damaged house in Chaman on December 6, 2025, following overnight cross-border fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan.(AFP) Track…
Islamabad, Pakistan – After three days, talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul, aimed at ending a tense and violent standoff between the South Asian neighbours, appeared to have hit a wall in Istanbul on Tuesday. Mediated by Qatar and Türkiye, the negotiations followed an initial round of dialogue in Doha, which produced a temporary ceasefire…
Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding. Published On 28 Oct 202528 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan is mired in uncertainty after the pair reportedly failed to find a breakthrough during three…