Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Pakistan alleged India uses Taliban to destabilize; India denies. Pakistan has stepped up its criticism of growing ties between India and Afghanistan, with a senior military official invoking the Quran while questioning the Taliban’s relationship with New Delhi. Speaking at a press conference in…
Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium into China, after the Qing…
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan engaged in open conflict since late 2025. Pakistan launched ‘Operation Ghazab lil Haq’ targeting TTP in February 2026. Afghan Taliban retaliated with drones; ISIS-K expands global operations. Since late 2025, a volatile conflict has unfolded between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Taliban-ruled…
Villagers examine damages due to overnight cross border fighting between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at a village in Bajaur, a district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering with Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo) Afghanistan on Wednesday accused Pakistan of carrying out new airstrikes on its territory, saying the attacks killed at least 13…
US President Joe Biden. (Reuters Photo) WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is brushing off criticism of his administration’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal because he and his aides believe the political fallout at home will be limited, according to White House allies and administration officials.Biden and his top aides argue they are managing an evacuation mission https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-edge-after-anti-taliban-protest-east-kabul-calm-airlift-goes-2021-08-19 as…
Congressman Steve Chabot. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON: Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban and allowing it to eventually take over Afghanistan, a top Republican lawmaker has alleged, stating that it is disgusting to watch Islamabad celebrate the group’s victory that will bring “untold brutality” to Afghans.Congressman Steve Chabot,…
