Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan

The assertion came mere hours after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed that a suicide bombing attack in Islamabad had originated in Afghanistan with “backing” from India.

Senior officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan are in talks in Turkey in an effort aimed at ensuring peace along their shared border, state-run media in Pakistan said

Afghanistan's economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on debt to survive, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that mass returns are exacerbating the country's worst crisis since the Taliban returned to power.

The death toll from an earthquake in northern Afghanistan is climbing, and hundreds of families have lost their homes as the harsh winter arrives.

Tensions have risen between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a clash along their shared border killed four Afghan civilians and wounded five others. An Afghan official blamed Pakistan for starting

Baradar also accused Pakistan of repeatedly exploiting trade ties by arbitrarily shutting border crossings, harming Afghanistan’s economy, and turning nonpolitical matters into instruments of political pressure.

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Islamabad is left reeling after a suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 12 people, a rare attack by the militant group on the country's capital. "It was a massive, loud bang,