By: The Trek News Desk The military confrontation between Pakistan and Afghanistan appears to be escalating, with Islamabad asserting that it has inflicted heavy losses on Afghan Taliban forces. Pakistani officials claim that close to 300 Taliban fighters and affiliated militants have been killed so far in an ongoing cross-border operation targeting militant positions. Providing…
By: The Trek News Desk Australia has announced financial sanctions and travel bans on four senior officials of Afghanistan’s Taliban government, citing the worsening human rights situation, particularly the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the targeted individuals played a direct role in “the oppression of women and girls…
By: The Trek News Desk Delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan are set to meet in Istanbul on Saturday in a renewed effort to stabilise their shared border and secure a lasting ceasefire after two weeks of deadly cross-border clashes that left dozens of soldiers and civilians dead. Clashes That Sparked the Crisis The recent escalation…
By: The Trek News Desk Afghanistan has claimed to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers and wounded 30 others in intense border clashes, which came shortly after a deadly airstrike in Kabul that the Taliban blames on Pakistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban government in Afghanistan, told TOLO News Agency on Sunday that Afghan…
By: The Trek News Desk A major political controversy erupted in India following a press conference held in New Delhi by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, where no women journalists were allowed to attend. The exclusion sparked widespread outrage, forcing India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to publicly clarify that it had no role…
By: The Trek News Desk In a major diplomatic breakthrough, India and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan took a step toward normalizing relations on Friday. During a high-level meeting in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced that India will upgrade its current “technical mission” in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy, marking the return of an official…
