About a year into Russia’s war, a Ukrainian drone instructor pitched what sounded to troops like science fiction: flying quadcopters into Moscow’s scout drones midair. The soldiers thought it was impossible. It would be too difficult to maneuver a quadcopter, or small drone, into another fast-moving target, they said. They joked that he’d been watching…
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…
Even as Pakistan and Afghanistan gear up to meet in Doha today to broker a peace after days of fighting and air strike the Taliban Government said that Afghanistan reserves the right to respond to Pakistani airstrikes on its land. The Taliban government’s statement comes even as peace talks are set to begin in Doha….
Pakistan launched fresh air strikes targeting terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, casting a shadow over the expected talks in Doha amid a fragile ceasefire that had temporarily halted hostilities between the two sides. There was no statement from Pakistan’s military, but the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the early…
ISLAMABAD – Afghan and Pakistani delegations are heading to the Qatari capital, Doha, hoping to defuse the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of fighting killed dozens of people and injured hundreds on both sides. The Taliban government said Saturday that the Afghan delegation included the defense minister and…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan and Pakistani delegations are heading to the Qatari capital Doha to defuse the deadliest crisis between… ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan and Pakistani delegations are heading to the Qatari capital Doha to defuse the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of fighting killed dozens of people…
An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 struck Pakistan, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. Earlier in the day, another earthquake of 3.9 magnitude struck the region at a depth of 10km.(AFP file photo for representation) As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks. In a post…
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…
Donald Trump is the “only one who can force” Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table over the war in Ukraine, Finland’s president has told the BBC. Alexander Stubb also said that Finland would never recognise occupied Crimea as part of Russia, and that he wanted to ensure Ukraine became an EU and hopefully…
After claiming to have solved eight wars so far, US President Donald Trump is looking for another feather in his cap to boast about. Addressing reporters on Friday, Trump talked about the ongoing Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, and said he it would be an “easy one” for him to solve. President Donald Trump gestures from the stairs…