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US fears of Pakistani ICBMs targeting America are overstated as Islamabad’s missile programme remains regional, observers say.
At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.
A weekslong war between Pakistan and Afghanistan was paused on March 18, 2026, to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. But that does not mean the conflict is over. Neither side showed any indication that the planned five-day cessation of operations would be anything other than temporary,
Pakistani minister says five-day pause, to begin at midnight Thursday, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkiye.
The US raises concerns but analysts say Pakistan’s missile programme focuses on India, which has longer-range missiles.
Even as the world saw a decline in violence, Pakistan witnessed a 6 percent rise in terrorism-related deaths, making it a clear outlier.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehabilitation hospital.
Pakistan says it struck militant hideouts in Afghanistan as cross-border fighting intensified and both sides traded blame.
A key outlawed Pakistani militant group behind numerous gun and bomb attacks has announced a three-day ceasefire ahead of Eid al-Fitr, hours after Pakistan and Afghanistan also declared a temporary ha
Heavy rains and strong winds lashed Pakistan’s largest city overnight, killing at least 15 people and injuring several others as walls and roofs collapsed at multiple locations, emergency services and hospital officials said Thursday.