Pakistan’s defence minister said Tuesday’s suicide bombing at a judicial complex in the capital is a “serious warning” for the country, claiming the Taliban have now brought their conflict onto Pakistani soil.
Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) said its fighters killed two Taliban members during an overnight operation in Kunduz Province.
The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned a deadly explosion in New Delhi that killed at least eight people, while remaining silent on a suicide bombing in Islamabad that left at least 12 dead.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has dismissed Pakistan’s proposals in recent negotiations as unrealistic, saying Islamabad asked the Taliban to relocate Pakistani Taliban (TTP) fighters to Afghanistan.
Benafsha Yaqoobi, the prosecutor at the People’s Tribunal for Afghan women, said that the Taliban have completely dismantled the rights and support systems for persons with disabilities since returning to power.
Envoys from Iran, Pakistan, Russia and China held talks on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) consultative meeting in Tajikistan, Iranian officials said Friday.
Pakistan has deported several Afghan refugees who were awaiting resettlement in the United States, The Washington Post reported, as Islamabad intensifies its crackdown on undocumented migrants.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
Afghan migrants in Pakistan say their visa extension requests are being rejected without explanation, leaving many in limbo and unable to return home.
