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Months after Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan, neither side appears ready to back down, despite China’s efforts to mediate. By Elian Peltier and Zia ur-Rehman Elian Peltier reported from ...

Pakistani soldiers patrol near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Chaman following overnight cross-border fighting between the two countries on Feb. 27, 2026. Credit - Abdul Basit—AFP/Getty ...

The eruption of tensions across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in mid-October – marked by a week of cross-border shelling and gunfire that killed dozens – was not an aberration. Pakistan’s relations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pakistan has launched air strikes on Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and other cities, as clashes escalate along the two countries' ...

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Afghanistan and Pakistan began peace talks in Doha on October 18 after extending a 48-hour cease-fire. Recent violence included Pakistani air strikes in Afghanistan, killing 10 civilians, and a ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan's border crisis has escalated into one of its fiercest in years following airstrikes, deadly attacks along the border, and civilian casualties. So what sparked the deadly ...

Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After five days of on-and-off talks in Istanbul to resolve hostilities that flared in the first half of October, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to continue a ceasefire they ...

Nov 3 (Reuters) - A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and ...