Tokyo, April 17 (IANS) The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer J S Ikazuchi sailed through Taiwan Strait on Friday, the country’s media reported. According to Japan’s leading Kyodo news agency, Tokyo had long refrained from sending MSDF vessels through the strait to avoid provoking Beijing, until September 2024 when the destroyer Sazanami became the first to do so. Two MSDF ships subsequently passed through the strait in February and June 2025.”It is the first such passage since Prime…
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Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a “special circle” in Pakistan has started a mission to destabilise the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday. While addressing a press conference in Kandahar on Friday, Mujahid urged regional nations to stop the “troublemakers.” He stated that Afghanistan’s air forces had precisely targetted military centres of Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ariana News reported.When aske…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan risk regional instability and urged two nations to hold dialogue and protect civilians, local media reported on Friday. Guterres voiced concern over rising clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan and urged both sides to avoid further military confrontation. He urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to resolve disputes through talks and diplomacy and uphold international obligat…
Kabul, Feb 24 (IANS) Called for an independent, thorough and impartial investigation, a leading human rights organisation on Tuesday expressed concern over reports of civilian casualties in Pakistan’s recent airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktita provinces of Afghanistan. In a statement, Amnesty International urged all parties involved in hostilities to take necessary steps to prevent harm to civilians in line with their obligations under international law.”Amnesty International is deeply concerned…
Quetta, Feb 24 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) strongly condemned Pakistan’s attacks on Afghanistan, calling them a direct assault on the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and freedom of the Afghan nation, deliberately targeting unarmed civilians.The remarks followed Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defence statement on Sunday, after Pakistan carried out deadly airstrikes in various residential areas of the Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, resulting in the death of several civi…
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) At least three Federal Constabulary (FC) men were killed when an ambulance carrying injured personnel came under attack in the Badrakhail area of Karak in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported citing regional police authorities. The personnel were injured in a quadcopter attack on an FC post in the Dargah Shaheedan area this morning and were being transported to a hospital for treatment when the attack took place, the District Police Officer (DPO) …
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defence on Sunday accused the Pakistani military regime of carrying out deadly airstrikes in various residential areas of the Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, resulting in the death of several civilians. According to the Ministry, the strikes targeted a madrasa and multiple residential homes, killing and injuring “dozens of civilians”, including women and children.The violation of Afghan airspace comes amid what Kabul describes as repeated …
Kabul, Feb 8 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defence has rejected Pakistan’s allegations regarding the attack at a mosque in Islamabad, terming them “irresponsible and baseless” and urging Pakistani officials to take responsibility for their internal security shortcomings, local media reported. Afghanistan’s statement comes after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, in a post on X, mentioned that preliminary findings indicate that the attacker had been on the move to and from Afgh…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) As China prepares for the ‘Two Sessions’ in March, the country’s biggest annual political event, new appointments are expected with key positions to be filled by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s handpicked loyalists. However, new appointments cannot hide the fact that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aim is to become a world-class military in the coming years and will encounter immediate challenges, a report said on Wednesday. “On January 20, 2026, a…
Taipei, Jan 7 (IANS) Taiwan’s National Security Bureau has accused Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conducting military drills near the self-ruled island along with cyberattacks, sharing over 19,000 “controversial” messages and carrying out millions of hacking intrusions, local media reported on Wednesday. In a report presented to the Legislative Yuan, the agency stated that online activity involved 799 abnormal accounts and focused on increasing skepticism regarding the US, Taiwan’s President W…