A knot of defiant nations − three of them talked off a geopolitical cliff's edge at the eleventh hour. As Israel, Iran and the United States stood on the precipice of escalating a volatile war, China ...

Foreign ministers Ishaq Dar and Wang Yi met in Beijing as Pakistan pushes for peacemaker role Middle East crisis – live updates Pakistan and China have released a joint five-part proposal for peace in ...

Backchannel diplomacy and delayed strikes highlight Pakistan’s rising mediation role Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Left), US President Donald Trump, and ...

Pakistan, which has cultivated ties with both Washington and Tehran, sees a diplomatic opening to intervene in the war in Iran, its neighbor. By Elian Peltier Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan ...

Pakistan-Afghanistan War Live Updates: Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against the Afghan Taliban following what it described as “unprovoked aggression” along the border, as clashes ...

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Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan Friday, including the capital Kabul, with Islamabad's defense minister declaring the neighbors at "open war" following months of tit-for-tat clashes. The ...

Pakistan war latest: Taliban lays out how it wants fighting to end - after Islamabad makes drone claim After rising tensions over the past few days and longstanding disagreements, Pakistan bombed ...

Reporter Pakistan has declared “open war” with the Taliban-led Afghanistan after the two governments escalated deadly attacks on each other. Pakistan bombed Afghanistan’s two biggest cities, Kabul and ...

This blog is now closed, you can read our full report here Pakistan’s defence minister declared an “open war” with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, in a major escalation between the neighbouring ...

The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening relations between the neighboring countries. By Elian Peltier Safiullah Padshah and ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Islamabad’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and ...