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Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions that led Pakistan’s defense minister to say on Friday that the two countries are in a state of “open war.” Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan late Thursday, saying it was in...

Afghanistan authorities say five people have been killed after an exchange of heavy fire with Pakistan’s forces along their shared border, as tensions between the South Asian neighbors escalate after peace talks in Saudi Arabia failed to produce a breakthrough. The governor of Afghanistan’s Spin...

Pakistani security forces raided two Pakistani Taliban hideouts in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border, triggering intense shootouts that left 23 militants dead, the military said Thursday. The raids took place on Wednesday in Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according...

Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan were in talks in Turkey on Thursday in an effort aimed at ensuring peace along their shared border, state-run media in Pakistan reported. Deadly border clashes that erupted last month between the two countries killed dozens of people, including soldiers...

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a ceasefire for at least another week during talks in Turkiye, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The sides plan to meet again at a higher-level gathering in Istanbul on November 6 to finalize how the ceasefire will be implemented, the...

Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks. The talks followed...

Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, pledged on Sunday to respect a ceasefire. The truce, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, came into effect immediately and is intended to pause hostilities. Violence has escalated between the neighbors...

Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace. Pakistan’s army gave far lower casualty figures, saying 23 troops were killed. Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused...

Pakistani security forces raided a hideout of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, triggering a fierce gunbattle that left 11 soldiers and 19 militants dead, the military said. The operation took place in Orakzai district in the restive northwestern province of Khyber...

The UN’s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure pushed for by the European Union. With no opposition and only China opting out of the consensus, the Human Rights...