Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has triggered sharp reactions online after invoking the phrase 'Dama Dam Mast Qalandar' while declaring what he described as “open war” against Afghanistan ...

Is Pakistan now in “open war” with the Taliban? After fresh cross-border clashes, Pak Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said patience had “reached its limit.” Blasts, retaliatory strikes and border ...

Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan spiralled dramatically on Friday after Islamabad announced what it called an “open war” against Kabul, following airstrikes in parts of Kandahar, Kabul, and ...

Pakistan continued to strike areas in several provinces of Afghanistan early on Friday morning, including the capital, Kabul, according to the Afghan Taliban, as Islamabad said it was responding to an ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said they are preparing "an appropriate and calculated response" to Pakistani air strikes that killed at least 18 people in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. Afghan ...