Pakistan

Islamabad (EFE).- Pakistan warned on Sunday that it will take action to eliminate “terrorism” originating from Afghanistan, accusing the Taliban regime of failing to curb armed groups allegedly operating from its territory following the collapse of peace talks in Istanbul. “Pakistan’s core concern, i.e. terrorism emanating from Afghanistan needs to...

Islamabad (EFE).- Pakistan has agreed to extend peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in Istanbul at the request of Turkey, one day after Islamabad declared the negotiations a failure, according to sources close to the discussions who spoke to EFE on Thursday. The Pakistani delegation, which had been scheduled to...

Kabul, Oct 17 (EFE) – The authorities of the Taliban de facto government in the Afghan province of Paktika denounced Friday that, despite the ceasefire, the Pakistani army launched aerial bombings against civilian areas Barmal and Urgon, southeastern Afghanistan, near the Durand Line. «Yes, tonight the Pakistani military regime carried...

Islamabad (EFE).- Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, reappeared in a video assuring that he is still alive and in Pakistan. The video was published a week after a presumed drone attack in Kabul attempted to kill him and sparked the...

Islamabad (EFE).- Pakistan kicked off a week-long anti-polio eradication campaign on Monday to vaccinate over 45 million children under the age of five, officials said. “The anti-polio drive has started across the country today to vaccinate 45.4 million children nationwide,” Zulfiqar Babakhel, a spokesperson for the polio program told EFE...

New Delhi (EFE).- At least three people were injured on Friday in a suspected Pakistani drone attack in a residential area in the Indian province of Punjab, police said. Several explosions were reported in different places, especially in the Indian-administered Kashmir. «We received information about three people being injured. They...

New Delhi, May 7 (EFE). – The Indian army bombed nine suspected terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir after midnight on Wednesday, where it said terrorist attacks against India were being planned. “A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and...

New Delhi, (EFE).- India expelled Pakistani defense advisers on Wednesday, ordered the closure of the only official land crossing between the two countries, and suspended key bilateral agreements, following a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 25 Indian tourists and one Nepali citizen. The measures were announced by Indian...

Islamabad, Oct 4 (EFE) – Pakistani police arrested over 30 people and used tear gas to stop a mass protest by the main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in favor of the independence of the judiciary. «Police arrested more than 30 workers and supporters,» PTI spokesman Ahmed Janjua told EFE,...

Islamabad, Mar 26 (EFE).- The Pakistani military said on Tuesday that it repelled a major insurgent attack on one of its largest naval air bases, resulting in the deaths of four militants in the troubled southwestern province of Balochistan. An army statement said a group of militants on Monday night...

Kabul, Mar 18 (EFE).- Pakistani fighter jets bombed several Afghan villages on Monday, killing at least five women and three children, the Taliban government said. The incident marks the latest episode of deadly violence amid growing tensions along the border between the two neighboring nations, even as Pakistan has not...

Islamabad, Mar 16 (EFE).- Militants rammed an explosive-laden truck into a Pakistani military post on Saturday, sparking a gun battle that killed at least seven soldiers, including two senior officers. The attack occurred in the morning in the North Waziristan district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, as a group...