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Pakistan’s Imran Khan says US ‘really messed it up’ in Afghanistan
Jul 29, 2021 08:25Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has questioned the United States’ rationale behind the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 by stressing that the Americans “really messed it up in Afghanistan.”
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Pakistan reopens Afghan border crossing seized by Taliban militants
Jul 26, 2021 20:08Pakistan has reopened a major southwestern border crossing that is currently under the control of the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan, allowing over 100 trucks carrying goods to cross into the conflict-ridden country.
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At least 30 killed as passenger bus, truck collide in Pakistan
Jul 20, 2021 06:12Thirty people are killed and 74 injured when a passenger bus and truck collide in Punjab province, rescue and hospital officials say.
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China urges Pakistan to ‘severely punish’ attackers behind bus blast
Jul 15, 2021 07:19China has condemned a blast targeting a bus in a remote region of northwestern Pakistan that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, calling on Islamabad to thoroughly investigate the attack and punish the perpetrators.
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Afghan Taliban claim control of strategic border crossing with Pakistan
Jul 14, 2021 13:29The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan says it has gained control over a strategic route linking the south of the country to Pakistan.
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Pakistan stands firm against allowing US access to bases: Minister
Jul 12, 2021 12:15Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has reaffirmed Islamabad’s firm opposition to allowing the United States access to its airbases amid the hasty withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan’s security must be established by Afghan people: Iran's president-elect
Jul 05, 2021 06:35Iran’s President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the security of the neighboring Afghanistan should be provided by people of the country, adding that foreign forces only bring insecurity to the region.
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Pakistan snubs US call to downgrade ties with China
Jul 01, 2021 08:22China is building up nearly a 3,000-kilometer-long network of roads and railway lines and is investing tens of billions of US dollars in Pakistan’s energy and infrastructure projects under its mega Belt and Road global initiative.
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Pakistan says will no more allow US to use territory for ops in Afghanistan
Jun 22, 2021 12:35Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country cannot afford to again make a mistake by hosting a US military base to be used against alleged militants in Afghanistan but is ready to be a “partner for peace” in the neighboring country.
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Iran drops Pakistan, France from red list of air travel destinations
Jun 16, 2021 07:25Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has allowed a resumption of flights to and from Pakistan and France after designating the two countries as safe enough considering the risk of infection with the coronavirus.