Islamabad is using a domestic insurgency to justify its broader pursuit of strategic dominance.

Smoke goes up after a shell exploded in a border area during clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, as seen from Pakistan side of the border near Chaman, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP ...

With relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime nose-diving in recent months, the chickens have come home to roost for the Pakistani establishment. However, this is not the first time ...

Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 ...

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 ...

Pakistan’s ongoing military campaign against Afghanistan, initiated by airstrikes in late February 2026 targeting hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State–Khorasan Province ...

Trucks carrying goods destined for Afghanistan’s second biggest city line up near Chaman, in Pakistan, waiting to cross the border. Traders say they are being taxed by the Taliban as well as Afghan ...

As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to bring the Taliban to heel. This deterioration is striking, given Islamabad’s ...

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The Taliban have placed a map of "Greater Afghanistan" on the grave of prominent Pashto poet Matiullah Turab in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, according to Kabul-based Aamaj News English. The map ...

The ongoing “open war” between Muslim-majority neighbors Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has put communities living along the disputed border on edge.