South Asian neighbours also agreed to hold follow-up meetings in coming days to ensure peace deal’s implementation. Published On 19 Oct 202519 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after talks mediated by Qatar and Turkiye following a week of fierce and…
Pakistan has launched air attacks inside Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people and breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of relative calm to the border after an intensive period of bloodshed, Afghan officials say. The 48-hour truce paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of soldiers and civilians on…
Just as the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan seemed to ease up after a ceasefire announcement, the Taliban claimed late last night that Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on its territory, killing at least 10 people. Three local Afghanistan cricketers were along among those killed, the country’s cricket board said, mourning the big loss. Afghan…
Fragile ceasefire continues to hold despite clashes that killed dozens on both sides before the truce took effect. The United Nations has called on the warring Afghan and Pakistani military forces to permanently end hostilities, after a 48-hour ceasefire took effect following days of skirmishes that killed dozens and injured more than 100 others. In…
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers announced that a ceasefire with neighboring Pakistan would go into effect Wednesday, after a second eruption of cross-border violence in less than a week that has left dozens of people dead and injured and seen Pakistan carry out unprecedented airstrikes on the Afghan capital, Kabul. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a…
Brief flare-up spanned southeastern Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak district and Pakistan’s Chaman district. Clashes between Pakistani and Afghan forces have killed and wounded dozens in a remote border area, as hostilities deepen between the two former allies. Both sides accused the other of triggering the deadly violence overnight Tuesday that spanned southeastern Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak district…
Fighting erupted on the Afghan-Pakistani border on Wednesday with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers saying 12 people were killed in a renewed onslaught by the Pakistani military. Newsweek has contacted the Pakistani military via email for comment. Why It Matters Afghanistan is one of the world’s poorest and most isolated countries and the conflict with Pakistan will…
At least 15 civilians were killed and over 100 wounded in renewed cross-border clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces in Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak district, said foreign media reports. New Delhi: Fifteen civilians reportedly lost their lives and dozens more were injured during overnight clashes in the Spin Boldak district, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. According…
By Saeed Shah (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s regional neighbors, including American allies, appeared to unite against U.S. President Donald Trump‘s stated aim of taking over the Bagram military base near Kabul, according to a statement released after they met in Moscow. The “Moscow Format” meeting on Afghanistan – the seventh such event hosted by Russia but attended…
US President Donald Trump’s bid to regain control of the strategic Bagram airbase in Afghanistan has achieved an unlikely feat – bringing India, Pakistan and China onto the same side in opposition. At the 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow on Tuesday, the three Asian powers – often at odds over borders and…