ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Thursday that the burden of ending its conflict with Afghanistan lay with Kabul, as the two sides held preliminary talks to try to end hostilities. The neighbours and one-time allies have been locked in an escalating conflict over claims from Islamabad that Kabul is harbouring extremists responsible for cross-border

A total of 155 Afghan prisoners were freed from jails across Pakistan over the past week and have safely returned home, Afghanistan's

The most recent cross-border hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan show how tensions have crossed a dangerous threshold. The significant escalation was originally triggered by Pakistan’s comprehensive military initiative,

Pakistan has resumed its military operations in Afghanistan that have killed hundreds on both sides of the border, ending a temporary ceasefire that was agreed last week to observe the Muslim festivity of Eid.

When asked by a foreign journalist on Friday whether China could confirm that Afghanistan and Pakistan were holding talks in China aimed at reaching a ceasefire, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on Friday that there is no specific information to provide on this matter at present.

Islamabad accuses neighbouring Taliban regime of harbouring militants and allowing them ‘safe havens’ from which to attack, with ‘shaky truce’ set to expire

At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.

Heavy rain that has caused severe flooding and landslides has killed at least 45 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past five days, authorities say. Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) said on Monday that 28 people have been killed in the floods and 49 injured with more than 100 homes destroyed.