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Pakistan Neutralizes Four Afghan Taliban Drones Over Balochistan: ISPR
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BRICS News
· Jul 1, 2026
JUST IN: 🇵🇰🇦🇫 Pakistan's military intercepts multiple drones from Afghanistan.
JUST IN: Pakistan's military intercepts multiple drones from Afghanistan.@BRICSNews
The Tribune
· Jun 29, 2026
“Cowardly act of aggression”: Taliban Govt says Pakistani airstrikes kill and wound dozens in eastern Afghanistan
The Taliban has condemned Pakistan's border airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan as a cowardly act of aggression, reporting 29 deaths, mostly civilians. While Pakistan claimed the bombardment targeted militants following a raid in Karachi, the unilateral assault has shattered global peace efforts and deeply intensified cross-border tensions.
FairPlanet
· Jul 10, 2026
The civilian cost of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism war in Afghanistan
In late February, Pakistan launched ‘open war’ on Afghanistan with Operation Ghazal lil-Haq (Wrath for the Truth), marking the most violent period of fighting between the two countries since the Taliban takeover in 2021. For Pakistan, it was a war of retaliation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban, or TTP, a militia sympathetic to the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan of offering safe harbour to the TTP ‘Tashkeel,’ or administrative structures and combat units, and was fed up with inaction. (image) Would you like us to summarize articles for you? ARTICLE SUMMARY Pakistan’s counterterrorism operations along the Afghanistan border have increasingly placed civilians in the crossfire, with airstrikes and military actions killing women and children, destroying ...
UrduPoint
· Jun 29, 2026
Pakistan demarches Afghan Taliban Regime following Karachi terrorist attack
Pakistan demarches Afghan Taliban Regime following Karachi terrorist attack
Afghanistan Sun
· Jun 29, 2026
"Cowardly act of aggression": Taliban Govt says Pakistani airstrikes kill and wound dozens in eastern Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): Defending its territory and people, the Taliban administration has exposed the severe violence inflicted by Pakistan, asserting that Islamabad deployed its air force to carry out targeted airstrikes within eastern Afghanistan, causing significant devastation and resulting in dozens of civilian casualties. According to Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, the aerial
Utusan Malaysia
· Jun 29, 2026
Pakistan lancar serangan udara di timur Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan mengesahkan melancarkan serangan udara di timur Afghanistan semalaman, dengan mendakwa operasi itu menyasarkan kumpulan militan yang dipersalahkan atas serangan maut di Karachi pada hujung minggu lalu. Menteri Penerangan Pakistan berkata, serangan itu mengorbankan 25 militan dan turut membabitkan operasi darat di kawasan sempadan yang menyasarkan kumpulan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, iaitu serpihan kumpulan Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). ... Read more The post Pakistan lancar serangan udara di timur Afghanistan appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.
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Related coverage for "Pakistan Neutralizes Four Afghan Taliban Drones Over Balochistan: ISPR": BRICS News — JUST IN: 🇵🇰🇦🇫 Pakistan's military intercepts multiple drones from Afghanistan.. The Tribune — “Cowardly act of aggression”: Taliban Govt says Pakistani airstrikes kill and wound dozens in eastern Afghanistan. FairPlanet — The civilian cost of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism war in Afghanistan. UrduPoint — Pakistan demarches Afghan Taliban Regime following Karachi terrorist attack. Afghanistan Sun — "Cowardly act of aggression": Taliban Govt says Pakistani airstrikes kill and wound dozens in eastern Afghanistan . Utusan Malaysia — Pakistan lancar serangan udara di timur Afghanistan