Pak will be forced to send back Afghan refugees if west does not take them: Dar
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has announced that if foreign countries do not accept Afghan refugees as originally promised, Pakistan will be forced to send them back to Afghanistan. Speaking in an interview with TRT World, Dar said that many countries had announced that they would accept Afghan refugees currently living in […]
Catastrophe avoided in Lakki Marwat as police defuses 45-kg bomb
A large-scale bomb plot was successfully thwarted in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, thanks to the timely intervention of the police bomb disposal squad (BDS). Police received information about three interconnected improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted beneath a main road in the Abbasa Khattak area, within the jurisdiction of Dadewala Police Station. Responding swiftly, local police, led […]
Torkham border closed as tensions rise between Pak- Afghan forces
The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been closed for all kinds of traffic following tensions between security forces. Reportedly, Afghan forces had started construction of check-post at zero point on the border. When Pakistani forces asked the Afghan side to stop the construction, the Afghan forces took up positions, raising tensions. Following […]
Afghanistan reports first polio case of 2025
Afghanistan reported the first case of poliovirus in 2025 in the Western province of Badghis. According to officials, the polio virus was confirmed in a 5-year-old girl in the Balamarghab district. It is the second case in the province since last year. The Afghan Taliban suspended the door-to-door polio vaccination campaign in 16 provinces of […]
Taliban reject ICC Jurisdiction after warrants against leaders
The Taliban administration has declared Afghanistan’s 2003 accession to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Rome Statute legally null and void. This announcement follows the ICC chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants against Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and interim chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for alleged crimes against humanity, specifically the persecution of women and […]