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Pakistan says it intercepted 23 suicide drones launched from Afghanistan into Pakistani airspace in September alone. Since the conflict began in February 2026, the Taliban have increasingly used drones to attack Pakistan, raising concerns in Islamabad.
Chinese-Pakistani fighter jets and a China-made air-defence system reportedly deployed to Saudi Arabia could be brought into action following Pakistan’s renewed pledge to defend the kingdom after deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that Islamabad would cooperate with Riyadh “in every possible way” under their defence agreements, after Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital’s main airport the previous day killed at least 13 people and wounded...
The powerful blast reportedly occurred in the Satwal-Naki area near the zero line, during the movement of a group of people along the Pakistan side of the LoC, says officials
Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan are activating their defence pact to counter attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.
A civilian driver for naval officers and a sailor posted at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base are in judicial custody till October 14
US F-35 stealth fighters have joined Indian warplanes for military exercises near the Pakistan border in recent days, marking the first time America’s most advanced multirole combat aircraft has taken part in joint drills in India. The US jets’ participation in the drills “signals a degree of military confidence and interoperability that is difficult to manufacture through communiques”, Sushant Singh, a South Asian studies lecturer at Yale University and former Indian Army officer, told This...
During emergency talks in Riyadh, Turkiye and Pakistan agreed to send rapid deployment forces to Saudi Arabia.
Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have agreed to trigger collective deterrence measures in response to Houthi attacks.
Yemeni forces claim to seize key positions near waterway as Pakistani, Saudi and Turkish officials to meet.
Afghan officials say at least nine women and children were killed and 11 people wounded by Pakistani air attacks.
Kabul says the strikes on Kunar and Helmand provinces killed nine women and children.
Pakistan says Islamabad will make “whatever means” available to Saudi Arabia if Saudi faces threats from the Houthis.
Afghanistan’s defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had killed 28 fighters and wounded 32 in the eastern province of Nuristan after a group it said included Islamic State militants travelled from Pakistan. The ministry alleged Pakistani militias had supported the fighters and that most of them were former Afghan government security personnel. Pakistan’s information ministry rejected the allegations, describing them as “frivolous, baseless and devoid of any truth” in a post on social...
A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a roadside checkpoint in Pakistan, killing at least a dozen people.
Defence chiefs from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan have been meeting in Riyadh to discuss support for Saudi Arabia.
For over two decades, Pakistan has waged countless counterterrorism campaigns against Taliban and Baloch insurgents in its western regions bordering Afghanistan and Iran, yet remains mired in a cycle of violence it cannot break. Scores of soldiers, policemen and civilians are killed every month in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southwestern Balochistan provinces, where near-daily attacks on security personnel, government officials and other prominent figures are carried out by...
France is sending military to protect key Yanbu oil terminal; Pakistan and Turkiye to hold military talks with Riyadh.
Pakistan's security forces report ongoing cross-border fire in latest fighting with Afghanistan.
Pakistan launched air strikes Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan in what Islamabad said was a retaliation for a drone attack by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on a border post. A Taliban government spokesman denied the allegation and said Pakistan's latest strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces.
Strikes carried out in southeastern province of Khost cause no casualties, governor's office says.
Three members of one family killed in air raid on house in Kunar province, Afghan Taliban deputy spokesperson says.