Category: Pakistan

Blast at train station kills 24 people in Pakistan

At least 24 people were killed and 40 injured on Saturday in a blast at Quetta Railway Station in Pakistan’s southwest, a police officer said.

Islamic Emirate rejects presence of TTP inside Afghanistan

Zabiullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has once again rejected Pakistan’s claim regarding the presence of members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Afghan soil.

Trade resumes at Torkham crossing as fresh produce season winds down

The Torkham border crossing has officially reopened for commercial transit after a two-month closure. This development coincides with the approaching end of Afghanistan’s fresh produce season.

Afghanistan’s exports drop off by 10% amid trade challenges

KABUL (SW) – The de-facto Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) has reported a 10% decrease in Afghanistan’s exports over the earliest five months of the current solar year.

Thousands of Afghan trucks stranded in Pakistan due to trade route blockades

KABUL/ISLAMABAD (SW) – The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, has reported that nearly 2,000 trucks carrying fresh fruit and vegetables from Afghanistan have been stranded in Pakistan for over a week.

Big rats roam inside Pakistan’s parliament building

MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s parliament has a problem – and it is nothing to do with the politicians. No, the problem besieging the building –

Pakistan expelled nearly 700,000 Afghan citizens in a year

KABUL (SW) – Pakistani media, citing government officials, have reported that from July 21, to August 17, 2024, Pakistan expelled 32,200 Afghan citizens.

Pakistan’s former spymaster arrested, court martialed

MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s military has said it had arrested retired general Faiz Hameed, former head of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, in connection with a land development case.

Afghan truckers not getting transit documents from Pakistan embassy in Kabul

KABUL (SW) – A number of Afghan businessmen say that the Pakistan embassy in Kabul has not yet issued them with the temporary transit document for the Afghan truck drivers traveling to and from Pakistan.

Pakistan halts border transit for Afghan cargo trucks without temporary permits

KABUL/ISLAMABAD (SW) – Following the ban on undocumented cargo truck transit at the Torkham border crossing starting August 1st, Pakistan has closed the route to Afghan traders without temporary transit permits.