WorldPosted at: Oct 12 2025 9:18PM


Kabul, Islamabad tensions escalate sharply as both launch cross-border strikes

Kabul/Islamabad, Oct 12 (UNI) Tensions escalated sharply between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with both sides conducting cross-border retaliatory strikes at each other’s positions. While the Afghan Taliban claimed it had killed 58 Pakistani soldiers, and captured 25 Pakistani border posts along the Durand Line in overnight strikes, Islamabad claimed it has killed 200 Taliban and allied terrorists along the Pak-Afghan border.
The cross-border strikes came as Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is on his maiden visit to India and has met with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and other senior officials, with both sides affirming the cementing of close ties.
Meanwhile, both Foreign Minister Muttaqi and the Afghan Talian spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid have accused a faction within Pakistan’s military establishment of plotting against the Taliban regime in Kabul.
Please log in to get detailed story.
Tags: #Kabul# Islamabad tensions escalate sharply as both launch cross-border strikes
More News

Iranian military sharpens rhetoric, vows Israel's destruction

14 Nov 2025 | 1:55 AM

Tehran, Nov 13 (UNI) Vowing Israel's total annihilation, Iranian military spokesperson Abolfazl Shekarchi, in a marked sharpening of Tehran's military rhetoric, said that Iran's core aim remains the extinction of the Jewish state.

see more..

Bangladesh to hold referendum on 'July Charter' alongside national polls in Feb 2026: Yunus

14 Nov 2025 | 12:12 AM

Dhaka, Nov 13 (UNI) Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday said that the country will hold a national referendum on implementing its 'July Charter' and other reforms alongside the national elections on the same day in the first half of February 2026.

see more..

Pakistan asked Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to issue fatwa declaring war against it 'illegal'

13 Nov 2025 | 11:48 PM

Kabul, Nov 13 (UNI) A senior Taliban official said that the Pakistani delegation, during the two sides' recent talks in Istanbul had asked Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to issue a fatwa against the ongoing Afghan- Pakistan conflict, declaring any attacks on their fellow Islamic neighbour "illegal".

see more..

Pakistan National Assembly passes several key amendments to Armed Forces Act and Judicial Bill

13 Nov 2025 | 11:41 PM

Islamabad, Nov 13 (UNI) The Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday approved a series of significant amendment bills concerning the country's armed forces and judiciary, marking another major phase in the government's legal overhaul following the passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment last week.

see more..

US State Secy Marco Rubio says 'some concern' in Washington over recent West Bank settler violence

13 Nov 2025 | 10:38 PM

Washington, Nov 13 (UNI) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said "there's some concern" among officials in Washington with regard to the recent spate of settler violence in the West Bank between Jewish nationalists and Palestinians, voicing worries over the possible fallout that could unravel in its aftermath, potentially undermining all efforts being made at maintaining the volatile ceasefire in Gaza.

see more..