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Pakistan offers to host US-Iran talks as Tehran warns ground troops would be 'set on fire'

Middle East

Mediation talks in Islamabad: Middle East powers meet to discuss how to end the fighting

Middle East
Access Asia

Pakistan the peacemaker? Islamabad steps up as US-Iran mediator

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan’s prime minister says his nation is ready to facilitate talks to end Iran war

Middle East
The Debate

Talks or theatre? Claims of peace talks to end Iran war collide with denials

Middle East

Pakistan announces temporary Eid pause in conflict with Afghanistan

Asia / Pacific

'Like doomsday': Pakistan air strike kills at least 400 in Kabul drug rehab centre, Taliban says

Asia / Pacific

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing more than 200 civilians in Kabul strike

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan air strikes hit Kabul and Afghan border provinces, killing several

Asia / Pacific

Millions of workers facing uncertainty as tensions escalate in the Middle East

Middle East
Access Asia

Asia holds its breath as Iran war drags on

Asia / Pacific

Kabul rocked by blasts as Afghan, Pakistani troops intensify border clashes

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan deploys troops and imposes curfew after deadly Iran protests

Asia / Pacific

The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Trump’s State of the Union address and New York snow

In pictures
Asia / Pacific

Death of Ali Khamenei : Pro-Iranian regime protesters attack US consulates

Asia / Pacific

At least 9 killed as protesters storm US Consulate in Pakistan

Middle East

Afghan, Pakistani forces clash along border as Pakistan targets Bagram air base

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan denies Afghan claims that it captured pilot after crash in Jalalabad

As it happened
Asia / Pacific

Pakistan says more than 300 Afghan forces killed as cross-border strikes intensify

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan-Afghanistan 'open war': How and why we got here

Explainer
Asia / Pacific

UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire after Pakistan declares ‘open war’ on Afghanistan

As it happened
Asia / Pacific

Pakistan bombs Kabul, declares ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after months of border clashes

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan launches border strikes on Afghanistan

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan launches strikes in Afghanistan, ‘dozens’ killed and wounded, Kabul says

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Pakistan on the front line of a new regional drug crisis

Asia / Pacific
Tête à tête

New Delhi and Kabul 'on the same page' for striking Pakistan, Pakistani defence minister says

Asia / Pacific

Isis claims suicide attack, Islamabad mourns 31 killed in bombing

Asia / Pacific

Suicide blast at Islamabad mosque kills at least 31

Asia / Pacific

Islamic State group claims deadly suicide bombing at Islamabad Shiite mosque

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan: Massive explosion at Shiite mosque leaves dozens dead

Asia / Pacific

'Casualties expected to rise' in Pakistan after deadly mosque suicide attack

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan: Suicide blast at Islamabad mosque kills at least 30, wounds over 130

Asia / Pacific

Suicide bombing at Islamabad Shiite mosque kills at least 31 people

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Mass weddings on the rise in Pakistan as poverty soars

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks in Balochistan

Asia / Pacific

Who are the Baloch Liberation Army, the group behind Pakistan attacks?

Separatists launch 'coordinated' attacks in southwest Pakistan

Scores killed in Baloch separatist attack in southwest Pakistan

Asia / Pacific

Death toll in Pakistan mall rises to 55

Asia / Pacific

In pictures: Christmas festivities from across the world

Culture

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan convicted to 17 years in prison

PAKISTAN

EX Pakistan PM Imran Khan and wife sentenced to 17 years

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and wife to another 17 years in prison for corruption

Asia / Pacific
Scoop

Our journalists pick their top stories of 2025

Pakistani construction workers risk their lives, several meters above the ground

Asia / Pacific

Border clash between Afghanistan and Pakistan kills four civilians

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash kills four civilians, one soldier

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan and Afghanistan trade heavy fire along border, officials say

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan faces rapid HIV spread due to unsafe medical practices

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Gender-based violence in Pakistan: Female influencers targeted

Asia / Pacific

Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes have killed 10 people, mostly children

Middle East

Pakistan denies launching air strikes on Afghanistan that killed at least 10, mostly children

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan: Three killed in suicide blast at Peshawar headquarters

Asia / Pacific

Suicide bombers conduct deadly attack on Pakistani security force headquarters

Asia / Pacific
Truth or Fake

New Delhi explosion: Old, out-of-context images mislead online

Asia / Pacific

India calls Delhi blast a ‘terror’ attack by ‘anti-national forces’

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Period poverty: The fight for menstrual hygiene in Pakistan

Asia / Pacific

Islamabad suicide bombing kills 12, tensions rise with Afghanistan

Asia / Pacific

Faction of Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility of suicide bombing that killed 12

Pakistan investigates suicide bombing that killed 12 outside an Islamabad court

Asia / Pacific

Suicide bomber kills at least a dozen people outside court in Pakistan's capital

Asia / Pacific

Suicide bomber kills at least a dozen people outside court in Pakistan's capital

Asia / Pacific

Truce talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse in Istanbul

Middle East
Reporters

An impossible choice: The ordeal of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar ceasefire talks

Asia / Pacific

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire, Qatar says

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan and Afghanistan begin talks in Qatar, says Taliban

Asia / Pacific

Pakistan and Afghanistan hold peace talks in Doha after fierce clashes

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of breaking truce after deadly cross-border strikes

Access Asia

Resetting ties or pressuring Pakistan? India rolls out red carpet for Taliban minister

Asia / Pacific

Kabul blames Pakistan for renewed air strikes that kill at least 10

Asia / Pacific

Pakistani-Afghan clash threatened regional stability

Asia / Pacific