Tag: Pakistan

The China-India-Pakistan Triangle: China Strengthens Ties with Pakistan Amid Border Standoff with India (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

The failure of military talks in the fall to ease a one-and-half year border standoff between India and China could lead to further militarization of...

Pakistani Taliban to Benefit from Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Fencing Dispute (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

On December 18, 2021, Afghan Taliban soldiers disrupted the erection of a security fence by the Pakistani military along the two countries’ mutual border...

Pakistan welcomes P5 statement on preventing nuclear war (Al Jazeera)

The Pakistani government has welcomed a joint statement by the P5 on preventing nuclear war as “a positive development”, the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson...

Senior Pakistani Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan: Official (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

A senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban or TTP) has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistani security officials say, as a peace...

Militaries of Russia, India, Egypt and Pakistan to hold series of drills this fall (TASS)

ROSTOV-ON-DON, January 11. /TASS/. A series of exercises with the participation of Russian servicemen and their colleagues from India, Egypt and Pakistan will be...

World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought delegation arrives in Karachi (IRNA)

Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought Hojjatoleslam Hamid Shahriari leading a delegation has arrived in southern city...

Gas shortage hits Pakistan’s exports, adding to economic stress (Ann Kohm, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s natural gas shortage is hurting its most important export industry, putting even more stress on an economy already struggling with accelerating inflation and...

Four soldiers killed in raid on Pakistan Taliban hideout (Al Jazeera)

Four soldiers have been killed in an exchange of gunfire with the Pakistani Taliban, the country’s army said, in the deadliest confrontation between the...

Second ITI freight train begins journey from Pakistan (IRNA)

Ten days after the resumption of Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul freight train called ITI railway project, the second cargo with 550 tons of goods begins its journey...

Vying for influence over Kabul (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

On December 19, Pakistan hosted a special session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the crisis in Afghanistan. The Taliban, which...

Delhi-Dhaka: A model for the neighbourhood (Harsh V. Pant, Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, ORF)

President Ramnath Kovind was on a State visit to Bangladesh from December 15-17. His visit to attend Bangladesh’s 50th Vijay Dibos served two purposes....

Pakistan warns of consequences from Afghan ‘economic meltdown’ (Al Jazeera)

Member nations of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are holding a special meeting in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad to discuss solutions to address the humanitarian...

Pakistan skipped the US Summit for Democracy. Why? (Madiha Afzal, Brookings)

In a surprise move, Pakistan, one of the 110 countries invited to U.S. President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy, skipped the event. Its Ministry...

Pakistani Taliban ends ceasefire, future of peace talks uncertain (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has unilaterally announced an end to a month-long ceasefire with the Pakistani government, accusing...

Pakistan’s Peace Talks with the Pakistani Taliban: Insights from an Interview with Abdul Wali Mohmand (alias Umar Khalid Khurasani) (Abdul Sayed, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (“Pakistani Taliban”) spokesman, Muhammad Khurasani, announced a one-month ceasefire and peace negotiations with the Pakistani state on November 8 (Umar...

Pakistan ‘welcomes’ second round of US-Taliban talks in Doha (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan has “welcomed” a second round of talks between the United States and the Taliban since the latter’s takeover of Afghanistan earlier this year,...