Once allies, now at war: how Pakistan turned on the Taliban

Pakistan previously nurtured the Taliban’s senior ranks, training and financing the Islamist group through its intelligence services and sheltering them during the 20-year Nato occupation of ...

Pakistan carries out airstrikes inside Afghanistan as ‘open war’ on border continues

Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses.

The 20 greatest war novels

As a boy, I devoured the historically accurate and side-splittingly funny Harry Flashman novels by George MacDonald Fraser, which track the disgraceful adventures of the notorious Victorian ...

Where is Taliban’s chief? Shady tyrant who has ruled terrorists for decade ‘flees’ as ‘open war’ declared on Afghanistan

THE TALIBAN’S long-serving terror chief has mysteriously vanished amid claims the tyrant was targeted in deadly airstrikes ...

Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after new strikes, defence minister says

Pakistan’s defence minister has said his country considers itself in an “open war” with neighbouring Afghanistan in the worst escalation of violence since a Qatar-mediated ceasefire in October.

Pakistan says it is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan

In a post on X, defence minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif said Pakistan had hoped for peace in Afghanistan after the withdrawal ...

Defence minister says Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after new strikes

Pakistan’s defence minister has said his country had run out of “patience” and now considers itself in an “open war” with ...

Pakistan bombs Taliban targets wiping out 264 militants after declaring ‘open war’ as strikes rock Kabul

PAKISTAN has wiped out 264 Taliban militants after it declared an “open war” against Afghanistan and vowed a “crushing response” as both countries launched overnight strikes. Kabul was ...