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Pakistan NewsPakistan says 2.8 million Afghans repatriated as crackdown turns to remaining 1.42 million
Punjab officials say 143,474 Afghans have been repatriated from the province, taking the national total past 2.8 million, as Islamabad prepares an intensified phase targeting the remaining 1.42 million.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan and UK hold annual counter-terrorism dialogue in Islamabad, raising alarm over TTP threat from Afghanistan
Pakistan and the United Kingdom have held their annual counter-terrorism dialogue in Islamabad, voicing concern over militant groups operating in and from Afghanistan, including the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, and agreeing to meet again in London in 2027.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan welcomes US help to facilitate talks with the Taliban, but only if Kabul takes verifiable action against militant groups
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Sunday it would welcome sincere efforts by the United States and other friendly countries to facilitate dialogue with Afghanistan, provided the Taliban authorities take concrete, sustained and verifiable action against militant groups.
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USAUS plans to deport more than 150 Afghans via Pakistan, with first flights possible from Monday, court papers and reports say
The Trump administration plans to deport more than 150 Afghan immigrants back to Afghanistan through Pakistan, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press and reporting by The New York Times, a move advocacy groups say could put former United States allies and their relatives at risk.
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Pakistan NewsPakistani forces respond to fresh Afghan border firing in South Waziristan, forcing Taliban posts to be abandoned, district official says
Pakistani security forces responded immediately to unprovoked firing from Afghan border posts in Lower South Waziristan on Sunday, targeting multiple posts, mortar positions and defensive checkpoints, the district deputy commissioner said, with no casualties reported on the Pakistani side so far.
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Pakistan NewsAfghan Taliban cannot absorb the punishment Pakistan can inflict, DG ISPR warns in Reuters interview, calling India the biggest terror sponsor
Pakistan’s military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has warned that the Afghan Taliban lack the capacity to withstand a Pakistani response to threats from Afghan soil, and accused India of sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan.
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Pakistan NewsFresh firing reported at Torkham as Taliban and Pakistani forces clash again, disrupting returns of Afghan migrants
Local sources say Taliban fighters and Pakistani forces exchanged fire at the Torkham border crossing on Sunday after the Taliban tried to set up a checkpoint near the crossing, prompting humanitarian staff to leave the area and halting the return of Afghan migrants.
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Pakistan NewsRubio says US hears Pakistan's concerns over attacks from Afghanistan and offers a 'productive role' at G20 talks in Atlanta
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Atlanta that Washington has heard Pakistan's concerns about terrorist attacks sponsored from Afghan territory and would play a productive role if it can help, as Islamabad renewed its criticism of the Afghan Taliban.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan says Afghan Taliban’s inaction on terrorism will no longer be tolerated, calling it the main obstacle to normal ties
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Saturday that the Afghan Taliban regime’s persistent failure to act against terrorism emanating from Afghan soil remains the principal obstacle to normal relations, warning that Islamabad will take all necessary measures to protect its citizens.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan tells UN rights council Taliban let terrorists operate from Afghanistan, citing 4,700 killed in three years
Pakistan has told the UN Human Rights Council that more than 4,700 Pakistanis have been killed in attacks originating from Afghanistan over three years, as a UN expert urged states not to normalise ties with Kabul.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan Army destroys Afghan Taliban border posts in retaliatory strikes after Angoor Adda firing, Kabul disputes account
Pakistan’s armed forces destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts near South Waziristan and Parachinar in retaliation for firing in Angoor Adda, state media reported, while Kabul offered a conflicting account of who fired first.