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"We Felt It": Asim Munir Says Pakistan Received "Divine Help" During Op Sindoor
Pakistan's Defence Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has claimed that Islamabad received 'divine help' during the country's military confrontation with India in May after India struck terror targets under Operation Sindoor.
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A Suicide Bomber, Militants Attack Pakistani Army Facility Near Afghan Border
A suicide car bomber backed by the Pakistani Taliban attacked a sprawling compound of security forces in Pakistan's northwest near the Afghan border Friday, triggering an intense shootout that left three militants dead, police said.
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Pakistan Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Militants' Hideouts In Afghanistan
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it carried out strikes targeting militants' hideouts in Afghanistan, amid strong protest from the Afghan leadership, which condemned it as a "brutal act".
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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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Pakistan Views Afghan Taliban As "Strategic Asset": Top US Intelligence Official
Pakistan seeks to maintain positive relations with the Taliban as it views the hardline Islamist militant group as a "strategic asset" useful for securing its interests in Afghanistan, the Pentagon's top intelligence official has told US lawmakers.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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Three Weeks After Kabul Takeover, Taliban's Fight For Panjshir Still On
Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top US general warned of a "civil war".
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Two Pak Soldiers Killed After Shots Fired From Across Afghan Border: Army
Militant fire from across the border in Afghanistan killed two Pakistani soldiers on Sunday, the army said, in the first such attack since the Taliban took over Kabul two weeks ago.
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"20 Years Of Burying My Life": Afghan Journalist On Leaving His Country
Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary began his career in 2001 helping cover the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan and subsequent fall of the Taliban. Never in the 20 years since did he imagine Kabul would once again fall to the Islamist militant group, he said.
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"We Felt It": Asim Munir Says Pakistan Received "Divine Help" During Op Sindoor
Pakistan's Defence Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has claimed that Islamabad received 'divine help' during the country's military confrontation with India in May after India struck terror targets under Operation Sindoor.
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A Suicide Bomber, Militants Attack Pakistani Army Facility Near Afghan Border
A suicide car bomber backed by the Pakistani Taliban attacked a sprawling compound of security forces in Pakistan's northwest near the Afghan border Friday, triggering an intense shootout that left three militants dead, police said.
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Pakistan Confirms Airstrikes Targeting Militants' Hideouts In Afghanistan
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it carried out strikes targeting militants' hideouts in Afghanistan, amid strong protest from the Afghan leadership, which condemned it as a "brutal act".
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89 Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack At Mosque In Pakistan's Peshawar
The attack happened Monday during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to areas along the Afghan border where militancy has been steadily rising.
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Pakistan Views Afghan Taliban As "Strategic Asset": Top US Intelligence Official
Pakistan seeks to maintain positive relations with the Taliban as it views the hardline Islamist militant group as a "strategic asset" useful for securing its interests in Afghanistan, the Pentagon's top intelligence official has told US lawmakers.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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Afghan Women Protest After Taliban Replaces Women's Ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by Taliban militants in power in Kabul and replaced by their Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
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Three Weeks After Kabul Takeover, Taliban's Fight For Panjshir Still On
Taliban and opposition forces battled on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top US general warned of a "civil war".
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Two Pak Soldiers Killed After Shots Fired From Across Afghan Border: Army
Militant fire from across the border in Afghanistan killed two Pakistani soldiers on Sunday, the army said, in the first such attack since the Taliban took over Kabul two weeks ago.
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"20 Years Of Burying My Life": Afghan Journalist On Leaving His Country
Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary began his career in 2001 helping cover the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan and subsequent fall of the Taliban. Never in the 20 years since did he imagine Kabul would once again fall to the Islamist militant group, he said.
