Khawaja Asif threatened the Afghan Taliban and said that Islamabad would "completely obliterate" them Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday threatened the Afghan Taliban and said that ...

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Pakistan's defence minister said on Saturday that he believes Afghanistan desires peace, but warned that if the two sides fail to reach an agreement during talks in Istanbul, it could lead to “open ...

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Khawaja Asif has repeatedly accused Afghanistan of acting "proxy for India" and warned of a “two-front war” during tensions with Kabul. Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, on Saturday ...

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Australian opener Usman Khawaja has backed Queensland teammate Matthew Renshaw for a Test recall ahead of the Ashes, also arguing the in-form Marnus Labuschagne is better suited at No. 3. Following a ...

Pakistan’s Defence Minister warned Afghanistan on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response, hours after talks ...

The immediate trigger appears to have been Pakistan's admission, for the first time publicly, that it has an agreement with the United States permitting drone operations from its territory. Pakistani ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan are embroiled in a security row, with each claiming that they were responding to aggression from the other during border clashes. With peace talks between Pakistan and ...

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that a “ray of light” was visible in the Istanbul negotiations between Pakistan and Afghanistan amid current tensions, and there was room for “guarded ...