Amid rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Army Chief, Asim Munir, has issued a 'stern warning' to Kabul to take decisive action against militants using Afghan soil to target ...

Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan Just a few months ago, Pakistan’s military faced criticism at home and abroad for losing its grip ...

For the first time, Kabul has come under aerial attack not by a superpower, but by its neighbor, Pakistan. In early October, Pakistani fighter jets struck Afghan territory, including Kabul, Kandahar, ...

As Pakistan declares victory, confidence in the troubled country’s state institutions is re-emerging, at least for now. By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Karachi, Pakistan Pakistan has been mired for ...

The latest Kashmir crisis has reaffirmed and revitalized the military’s praetorian stranglehold over Pakistan’s political system. On May 20, 2025, for the second time in Pakistan’s 77-year history, a ...

Fourteen years after al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs in a covert operation in Abbottabad, the shadow of his presence still looms large over Pakistan’s security narrative.

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NEW DELHI — India has only “paused" its military action and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future terror attack on the country, Prime ...

ISLAMABAD-As Field Marshal Asim Munir wrapped up yet another high-profile visit to China, Pakistan’s indispensable “iron brother,” it carries an explicit message for both domestic and external ...

• New attacks: Pakistan said India launched missiles at key military bases, including a base close to the capital of Islamabad. Shortly after, Pakistan’s military said it had launched an operation ...

Two sworn enemies, both nuclear-armed. A disputed region. A deadly attack on tourists. And now, retaliation. India launched military strikes against Pakistan on May 7 as tensions between the two rival ...