In this week’s Gandhara Briefing, we bring you insights on how the Taliban is misappropriating international aid, the Taliban’s use of water to appease Iran, and Pakistan’s new effort to negotiate with the TTP.
The Pakistani military says 10 of its soldiers were killed earlier this week in an attack claimed by separatists in the restive southern province of Balochistan.
A Pakistani journalist working for a local TV station has been shot dead while driving his car in the eastern city of Lahore, police said.
Pakistan is attempting to revive peace talks with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan militant group, which has intensified its attacks since negotiations broke down in December. Islamabad recently sent a secret delegation to neighboring Afghanistan, where most of the TTP leadership resides.
Pakistan has appointed its first female Supreme Court judge, a landmark move for the historically conservative and male-dominated judiciary of the overwhelmingly Muslim country.
In this week’s Gandhara Briefing, we bring you insights into why Afghan diplomats are resisting a Taliban takeover of their missions, the Taliban’s war on music, and the miseries of Afghans stranded in Indonesia.
On January 21, Pakistani authorities reported 7,678 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest daily number of infections since the pandemic began, as the South Asian nation imposed new restrictions to curb the spread of omicron.
Pakistani authorities say a bomb blast has ripped through a crowded market in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore, killing at least two people and wounding more than 20 others.
A Pakistani court has sentenced a Muslim woman to death after convicting her of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad to a friend.
Amnesty International has called on the Pakistani government to ensure that a human rights activist who has been reportedly imprisoned following a secret military trial last year benefits from fair treatment and medical care.
Pakistan's interior minister has confirmed that a January 17 shoot-out in the capital in which a police officer was killed was a terrorist attack.
British counterterrorism agents are coordinating with U.S. authorities after a hostage taker later identified as a U.K. citizen was shot dead following an hours-long standoff at a synagogue in Texas in what U.S. President Joe Biden called "an act of terror."
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