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Iran's Envoy Deletes Post on Delegation Arrival in Islamabad for U.S. Talks

This is Beirut, 09/04 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's ambassador to Pakistan deleted a social media post saying an Iranian delegation would arrive in Islamabad on Thursday night, a move an embassy official later told AFP had been sent prematurely. Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam said in a post on X on Thursday morning that an Iranian delegation would arrive "tonight in Islamabad for serious ...

Trump Says U.S. Military to Stay Deployed Near Iran Until 'Real Agreement' Reached

This is Beirut, 09/04 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that U.S. forces deployed near Iran would remain stationed in the area until a "real agreement" is reached, as Washington enters a fragile two-week ceasefire with Tehran. The truce reached Tuesday showed signs of unravelling, with Israel bombarding Lebanon and Washington contradicting some of Iran's ...

Pakistan to Hold Talks with Afghanistan in Qatar after Latest Strikes

This is Beirut, 2025-10-18 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border. The strikes targeted what Pakistani security sources said was a militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban in the ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan Agree to 48-Hour Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 2025-10-15 16:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Islamabad said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed earlier in a fresh round of border skirmishes. "The Pakistani government and the Afghan Taliban regime, at the Taliban's request... have decided to implement a temporary ceasefire starting ...

Pakistan Promises “Strong Response” to Afghan Border Operation

This is Beirut, 2025-10-12 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Islamabad on Sunday promised a “strong response” to an Afghan reprisal operation against its forces overnight along their shared border, which Kabul says killed “58 Pakistani soldiers.” On Saturday night, the Taliban Ministry of Defense said it had successfully carried out an armed “reprisal operation” against Pakistani security ...

What Pakistan’s Nuclear Pact Means for Saudi Arabia’s Defense

This is Beirut, 2025-09-24 12:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Pakistan has extended its nuclear umbrella to Saudi Arabia in a surprise defense agreement that could reshape strategic alliances in both the Middle East and South Asia. Signed in Riyadh on September 17 between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the treaty commits both countries to mutual ...

Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact Reshapes Regional Power Dynamics

Rayan Chami, 2025-09-18 18:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement on Wednesday, making any act of aggression against one country an act of aggression against both. The accord was formalized during Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s state visit to Riyadh, where he met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Officials described the deal as a ...

Days After Quake, Afghan Survivors Still Await Aid

This is Beirut, 2025-09-04 14:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Rescue teams struggled Wednesday to reach survivors days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan left more than 1,400 people dead, as access to remote areas remained obstructed. A magnitude-6.0 shallow earthquake hit the mountainous region bordering Pakistan late Sunday, collapsing mud-brick homes on families as they slept. Fearful of ...

Fading Faces: Why Young Hindu Women in Pakistan Are Abandoning Traditional Tattoos

This is Beirut, 2025-08-20 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat’s milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two young Pakistani sisters preparing for their first tattoos. The practice of elder women needling delicate shapes onto the faces, hands, and arms of younger generations stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot the southern border ...

Nearly 200 Killed in Pakistan Monsoon Rains in 24 Hours

This is Beirut, 2025-08-15 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 194 people in the past 24 hours, the disaster authority said on Friday. Of those, 180 were reported in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the National Disaster Management Authority said. Another nine ...

Indian Filmmakers Rush to Cash In on Cross-Border Conflict

This is Beirut, 2025-08-03 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Indian filmmakers are locking up the rights to movie titles that can profit from the patriotism fanned by a four-day conflict with Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people. The nuclear-armed rivals exchanged artillery, drone, and air strikes in May, after India blamed Pakistan for an armed attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. The ...

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