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Afghanistan: Under new Taliban rules, 'silence of a virgin girl' can signal marriage consent

Under the new regulations, the Taliban has granted fathers and grandfathers sole authority over child marriages

CPEC, BRI and security concerns: Decoding China's interest in mediating between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, Turkey and China have been taking part in mediations to ease the conflict

Over 400 people killed in Pakistan airstrikes on Kabul hospital, says Afghan Taliban

A government spokesperson says the strike destroyed large sections of the hospital treating drug users

Pakistan says it destroyed military storage tunnels in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Pakistan forces said that they conducted new strikes in Kandahar, destroying a key technical equipment storage tunnel and an equipment facility used by militants

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of targeting civilians in overnight airstrikes as fighting enters third week

Afghanistan's Taliban government accuses Pakistan of overnight air attacks targeting civilian homes in Kabul and other provinces, resulting in civilian casualties

'Open war' between Pakistan and Afghanistan? 130 Taliban fighters killed; Pak defence minister makes an India connect

Pakistan conducted airstrikes, dubbed 'Operation Ghazab lil Haq', targeting military installations in Kabul and two other provinces

Why are Pakistan and Afghanistan fighting again? Here’s what happened at Chaman border

Three Pakistanis needed medical care after Afghan forces initiated an attack using shells since 10 on Friday night, Islamabad said

Afghanistan's Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing 9 children in air strike on Khost

Afghanistan's Taliban government accuses Pakistan of a deadly air strike killing 10 civilians, including 9 children, in Khost province

Pakistan’s outrage at Taliban foreign minister’s visit to Deoband seminary: ‘Remember our sacrifices’

Afghan Taliban India visit has significantly impacted regional geopolitics, creating a rift between Afghanistan and Pakistan following Foreign Minister Muttaqi's trip and Deoband seminary visit

Secret US-Pakistan drone deal caused Afghanistan peace talks to collapse? New report offers shocking details

Afghan media noted that Pakistan blamed India for 'pulling the strings', but did not account for their own sudden change in stance during the negotiations

TTP suicide bomber attacks Pakistan army facility near Afghan border amid ceasefire

A suicide car bomber targeted a Pakistani military camp in North Waziristan as the country's ceasefire with Afghanistan expired. The attack, attributed to Tehreek-e-Taliban is said to have injured several amidst the ongoing border tensions

Can Afghanistan fight a war with Pakistan? Comparing Taliban’s military against the biggest standing army in Muslim world

Taliban should have around two dozen helicopters from the Soviet era, but is unlikely to have enough pilots to take them airborne, while the Pakistan Air Force showed its might by bombing Kabul recently

Afghanistan fighting India’s proxy war, Taliban's decisions being sponsored by Delhi: Pak Defence Minister

Taliban’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi visiting India was seen as a regional security threat by Pakistan, earlier reports had claimed

WATCH | Viral videos after Spin Boldak clashes show Pakistan soldiers caught alive by Taliban, dead ones dragged out of rubble

Several Pakistani soldiers were killed after Afghanistan security forces retaliated to unprovoked aggression along Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Taliban spokesperson reportedly said

Taliban's Super Tucano A-29 aircraft airborne after Spin Boldak clashes with Pakistan? The Brazilian stealth bird can trick radars!

Afghanistan's Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano or A-29s, which have never been seen since the Taliban takeover, can remain undetected by radars and carry out daring front-line operations

Pakistan on edge: TLP-police clashes intensify as Saad Hussain Rizvi shot

The radical Islamist party claims that more than 250 of its workers have been killed and more than 1,500 injured so far

‘Taliban tanks, Humvees destroyed in Khyber, 200 fighters killed’: What Pakistan is saying about Afghanistan clashes

Afghan forces have captured 25 Pakistani army posts, injuring 30 personnel, the Taliban had said before the Pakistan Army released a statement on the heavy damage it inflicted on Taliban positions

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WATCH | Viral Pakistan-Afghan attack videos include captured soldiers, Taliban's daring patrols and gunfights

After Pakistan claimed to have captured 19 Afghan border posts, killing many Taliban fighters, Kabul said that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others were injured during an overnight operation

Women journalists finally attend Taliban Foreign Minister Muttaqi’s press meet after backlash over exclusion

A day after Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi landed in New Delhi, he came under scrutiny for not letting women into the embassy to cover a press meet he held right after meeting with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar

Pakistan harbouring ISIS terrorists? Taliban tears into Islamabad amid FM's India visit

Afghanistan and Pakistan are currently locked in a fierce border clash that has reportedly killed at least 58 Pakistani soldiers, and left 30 others injured

How Afghanistan's terror web is an enduring threat to India-Afghan relations

Despite the Afghan foreign minister's assurances, geopolitical rivalries and the presence of groups like ISIS-K and Al-Qaeda pose challenges, while souring Kabul-Islamabad ties open new avenues for India's strategic connectivity

Pakistan Air Force strike Kabul amidst India-Afghanistan talks? Social media videos claim so

Many social media users claimed that Pakistan was unsettled by India and Afghanistan strengthening their bond and the airstrike was a warning to its two neighbours

Will Donald Trump still try to reclaim Bagram airbase after Taliban rejection? What we know so far

The Taliban's rejection follows a wish expressed by Donald Trump that the US retake control of Afghanistan's Bagram airbase, which he claimed America had built

622 dead and 1,500 injured after magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Afghanistan; rescue operations underway

A devastating, shallow, 6.3 magnitude earthquake has claimed over 600 lives and injured 1,500, devastating Kunar Province and Jalalabad in Afghanistan. Rescue efforts are underway and aid organizations are providing emergency assistance to the affected regions