Tel Aviv, July 25 (IANS) Pakistan is not governed solely by its elected cabinet – a “cohort of the extended Sharif family” – but by a hybrid political system in which the military remains the ultimate arbiter of national security and a powerful force in civilian politics, a report has stated. The current civilian government continues to face a significant legitimacy crisis amid concerns over restrictions surrounding the 2024 General Elections, the imprisonment and political exclusion of form…
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Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) Leading human rights organisation Amnesty International on Wednesday said that the Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Omid Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre earlier this year should be investigated as a possible “war crime” as no evidence has been found to support Islamabad’s claim that the facility was being used to store weapons, ammunition, or for any other military purpose. The organisation said that the March 16 Pakistani airstrike on the 2000-bed Omid medical…
Kabul, July 21 (IANS) India on Tuesday delivered relief material, including food items and family tents, to Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority to support affected communities amid devastating floods in Nuristan.”In the wake of the devastating floods in Nuristan, India delivers relief materials, including food items and family tents, to Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority to support affected communities. India stands with the Afghan people at this difficult …
Kabul, July 21 (IANS) At least 20 people have been killed and over 80 others injured due to floods in Parun city of Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, local media reported on Tuesday. Highlighting a statement released by Taliban authorities, Afghanistan’s Khaama Press news agency reported that more than 100 people still remain missing after floods in Parun and nearby areas.In a statement, the Taliban-run National Disaster Management Authority said that heavy floods had impacted Parun and several o…
Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Pakistan seems to extend patronage to Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP), also known as ISIS-K or Daesh Khorasan, not due to ideological sympathy, but as an instrument to put pressure on the Taliban and Baloch rebels, a report has detailed. On June 30, reports claimed about cross-border activity between Afghanistan and Pakistan, centred on the alleged hideouts of the ISKP. Such incidents have occurred repeatedly in recent years as Pakistan has created a plan to coun…
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Following Islamabad’s air strikes on the Afghan provinces of Kunar, Paktia, and Paktika in late June, India emerged as the only country to denounce the strikes publicly. New Delhi still continues to condemn Pakistan’s cross-border strikes in Afghanistan at the United Nations, a report has highlighted.Pakistan was widely regarded as the Taliban’s closest ally and principal backer from 1996 until the group’s return to power in Kabul in August 2021. However, relations betw…
Washington, July 18 (IANS) Having Harboured terror group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Pakistan’s military has recently carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan under the pretext of counterterrorism. These strikes targeting civilian populations are masked as security operations aimed at exerting pressure on the Taliban government, while projecting resolve to Western audiences, a report has detailed. “On June 30, 2026, there were reports of cross-border drone activity between Afghani…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday announced that India has handed over family tents for Afghan returnees as part of its continued humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.”As part of India’s continued humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan, India has handed over family tents to the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) to support the shelter and rehabilitation needs of Afghan returnees,” the MEA wrote on X.Afghanist…
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) Ranked first in the 2026 Global Terrorism Index, Pakistan remains mired in a massive, never-ending war within its borders. According to the figures released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) in April, the country witnessed 1,045 incidents and 1,139 deaths in 2025 alone, the highest fatality level in over 10 years. A major reason behind the bloodshed is the resurgence of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which accounted for over half …
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) Pakistan has intensified its campaign against Afghan migrants by arresting and deporting them following the expiration of government’s deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave the country, local media reported.An enforcement drive has begun after the expiration of the July 10 deadline for Afghans without valid visas to leave voluntarily.”Afghan migrants in Pakistan said authorities are now detaining not only undocumented migrants but also Afghans whose visas or Afg…