Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced that a ceasefire with neighboring Pakistan would go into effect Wednesday, after a second eruption of cross-border violence in less than a week that has left ...

Both Islamabad and the Kabul regime are still reeling from deadly clashes, with experts warning that border violence could escalate into a full-blown conflict.Fierce fighting erupted between the ...

A week after Pakistan bombed Kabul and clashes broke out between the Taliban and Pakistan military, the Durand Line, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, is still not calm. After a brief pause ...

The Pakistani government and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Wednesday agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire after fresh clashes erupted this week and saw more than a dozen civilians and troops ...

Afghan Taliban fighters ride in a motorcycle convoy in Logar province in 2009. Image from the Taliban’s Voice of Jihad. Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after their forces ...

A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist group, a longtime ally of Islamabad, seized power in 2021 as international ...

Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pakistan, established in 1947 as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims, occupies a pivotal position in regional geopolitics, navigating complex relationships with neighboring Afghanistan and global ...

Clashes between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan, their former protector, are threatening to open a lasting rift that could spark more turmoil in the region. The now-uneasy neighbors exchanged fire ...