Pakistan border has sparked rare showings of public support in Afghan cities for the Taliban, but analysts say a surge in nationalist sentiment won't translate into legitimacy for the regime.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of the country’s widely popular army chief to the newly created post of chief of defense forces.

Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.

Pakistan’s military pushed back Friday after imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan called the country’s army chief “mentally unstable.” The army labeled Khan “mentally ill” and accused him of using family visits and social media posts to attack the armed forces and sow division.

The military has long shaped the political system of Pakistan, which is often described as a hybrid civilian-military power structure. While the military last ruled in 2008, its influence in the nuclear-armed nation has been growing in recent years.

ISLAMABAD: Turkiye has drawn up a plan to establish an assembly facility for its combat drones in Pakistan, with negotiations making significant progress since October, a foreign news agency reported Saturday.

More than six years after the Balakot air strikes, Italian journalist Francesca Marino brings readers a sharp, meticulously documented account of what really happened on the night of 26 February 2019.