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Afghan, Pakistani forces exchange heavy fire as tensions flare
Afghanistan and Pakistan’s forces have exchanged heavy fire along their border as tensions between the South Asian neighbours escalate…
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Bomb kills three Pakistani police officers close to Afghan border
A roadside bomb has killed three Pakistani police officers near the Afghan border, officials say. The blast on Wednesday, in which two…
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Months-old video shows Pakistani missile, not Afghan test
As a ceasefire halted a week of deadly violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan in mid-October, footage of a missile launch was shared in…
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Afghanistan says it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in border clashes
Fifty-eight Pakistani soldiers were killed and tens more injured in clashes overnight on the country's border with Afghanistan, the…
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India says six Pakistani aircraft shot down during May conflict
India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during fighting in May, India’s air force chief says, the…
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Evacuation under way as rains submerge Pakistani cities, kill dozens
Rescue workers and soldiers in Pakistan were on Thursday evacuating thousands of people from flooded neighbourhoods after several hours of…
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Baseless hoax of ban on Pakistani wedding tradition spreads online
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Clip of turbulence during Pakistani flight falsely linked to Air India tragedy
In the days following the fatal Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, social media posts circulated footage from inside a cabin purporting…
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Pakistani Premier Sharif says five Indian fighter jets shot down
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said his country’s air force shot down five Indian fighter jets in overnight clashes…
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Indian Pakistani civilians describe aftermath of strikes and shelling
Mohammed Waheed was fast asleep at his home in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a huge blast…
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Old photo shows Pakistani flag burned in Afghanistan, not border region
Following a deadly ambush on a Pakistan convoy bringing supplies to Kurram, a region bordering Afghanistan, social media posts falsely…
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Pakistani security forces kill 27 insurgents during raid in Balochistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout on Monday, killing 27 insurgents, the military said. The…
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Taliban claims Pakistani airstrikes killed 46
A Taliban government official said the airstrikes Pakistan launched on Afghanistan Tuesday killed 46 people, including women and children,…
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Old clip shows Pakistani politician welcomed by supporters, not 'heckled at airport' amid record smog
The chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province Maryam Nawaz Sharif was criticised for flying abroad while the province grappled with…
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Pakistani police arrest a man accused of insulting the Quran and save him from being lynched by mob
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police arrested a man accused of insulting Islam's holy book, the Quran, in deeply conservative northwestern…
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Bus crash in Iran kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims
A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in Iran, killing 28 passengers, Iranian state media report. The crash happened on Tuesday…
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Baerbock denies Pakistani agents exploiting Afghan visa scheme
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday rejected a report that Pakistani agents have been able to enter Germany through a…
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Footage of Pakistani defence minister's speech dubbed with anti-military remarks
Screengrab of the false post The false post emerged after the government announced a national campaign to "eradicate extremism and…
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Thousands of Islamists rally near the Pakistani capital to denounce Israeli strikes in Gaza
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of supporters of a Pakistani radical political party rallied near the capital, Islamabad, on Saturday,…
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Pakistani court overturns ex-PM Khan's conviction in marriage case
A local court in Pakistan on Saturday acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife of charges related to violations of Muslim…
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A shootout between Pakistani Taliban and Police during a raid kills 6, including 3 officers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Security forces raided a hideout of Pakistani Taliban on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar on…
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Payout for widow of Pakistani journalist killed by Kenyan police
A court in Kenya has awarded 10m shillings ($78,000; £61,000) in compensation to the widow of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was…
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Police say a roadside bomb has killed a former Pakistani senator and 2 others in northwest Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A former senator in Pakistan was killed Wednesday when a vehicle carrying him and supporters struck a roadside bomb…
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Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against…