What is the Durand Line — and why is the British-era border at the heart of the Pakistan–Afghanistan conflict?

Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in the latest escalation of violence between the neighboring countries that made a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky, news agency AP said. At least three explosions were heard in…

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Pakistan-Afghanistan clash: ‘Open war’, ‘terrible mistake’ — how Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif, other ministers reacted

Amid the ongoing border conflict with Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday his country’s armed forces can “crush” aggressors. “Our forces have the full capability to crush any aggressive ambitions,” Sharif said, according to the Pakistani government’s X page. Also Read | Pakistan Afghanistan LIVE: Iran offers to ‘facilitate dialogue’ “The entire…

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What is Operation ‘Ghazab Lil Haq’? Pakistan’s strike that killed 100+ Taliban fighters along Afghanistan border

Pakistan on Friday launched a retaliatory operation in response to the alleged border attacks by the Afghan Taliban, saying it has killed over 130 Taliban fighters. ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’, as Pakistan called it, commenced late Thursday night after the Afghan Taliban allegedly launched attacks on several border posts. Also Read | Pakistan, Afghanistan ‘war’…

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Pakistan Government: ‘Friends are no more’, Maulana Fazlur Rehman cursed Shehbaz Sharif, lashed out at PAK government by taking the name of China.

These days the turmoil in Pakistan’s politics has intensified. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is now seen openly standing against the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. First he strongly opposed the government’s child marriage law and now he has also raised serious questions on the country’s foreign policy, security system and the…

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