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Russia urges Afghanistan and Pakistan to halt cross-border attacks immediately and resolve their differences through diplomatic means, the RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing the foreign ministry. Meanwhile, Iran offered to help “facilitate dialogue” to resolve the conflict. “The Islamic Republic of Iran stands ready to provide any assistance necessary to facilitate dialogue and to enhance understanding and cooperation between the two countries,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X. The statements come amid escalating cross-border clashes. At least 133 Afghan Taliban operatives were killed, and more than 200 were injured after Pakistan’s security forces delivered an…

BEIJING: China called on Friday for a ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan, adding it was talking to both sides to try to end violent clashes that had left Beijing “deeply concerned”. Pakistan is one of China’s closest partners in the region, but Beijing also calls itself a “friendly neighbour” of Afghanistan. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said China was “deeply concerned about the escalation of the conflict”, after Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday. China “calls on both sides to remain calm and exercise restraint… achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible, and avoid…

Dr. Muhammad Ali Raza of the Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences has received the 2025 Dunhuang Award from the People’s Government of Gansu Province for advancing China-Pakistan agricultural cooperation and contributing to local development. A former student of Sichuan Agricultural University, he now leads research on water- and nutrient-efficient farming systems, symbolizing the growing academic and scientific collaboration between Pakistan and China.

MANILA: The navies of the Philippines, the US and Japan trained alongside each other in the South China Sea this week to ramp up cooperation among the military allies, the Philippines’ armed forces said on Friday. Since 2023, the Philippines has worked with a number of countries to assert its rights and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea. China claims most of the resource-rich waterway, rejecting a 2016 arbitral award that has voided its historical claims to the area. In a statement, the Philippine military said the joint activity “underscores the sustained commitment of partner forces to enhance interoperability,…

CAIRO: Israeli attacks killed five people in Gaza on Thursday, the territory’s health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed one fighter in the south of the enclave. Medics said an Israeli airstrike against a group of Palestinians in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood in northern Gaza killed two people and wounded several others. Five people were killed and several others injured, some critically, in Israeli drone strikes on two police checkpoints in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and in the Abu Hujair area northwest of the Bureij refugee camp later in the day, medics said. The Israeli military did not immediately…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Army responded effectively and swiftly to unprovoked aggression from Afghan Taliban regime and killed 133 Taliban militants and injured more than 200. The armed forces launched ‘Operation Ghazab lil-Haq’ and completely destroyed 27 posts of the Afghan Taliban and captured nine ones. In an effective counter-attack, more than 36 tanks were destroyed, artillery guns and APCs of the Afghan Taliban were destroyed, and the Afghan Taliban fled, abandoning many posts and hideouts. The Pakistan Air Force also carried out a series of attacks on the Afghan Taliban, completely destroying the Afghan battalion and sector headquarters, destroying the…

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out airstrikes and targeted Afghan Taliban’s important military installations in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia. In those strikes, two brigade headquarters have been destroyed in Kabul while one corp headquarter and one brigade headquarter have been destroyed in Kandahar. An ammunition depot and logistics base have also been destroyed in Kandahar, and a corp headquarter has been destroyed in Paktia. In an update posted on X at 3:45 am Friday, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani counterstrikes inside Afghanistan were continuing and had inflicted heavy losses on Taliban forces. More than 80 tanks, artillery…

ISLAMABAD : President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said that Pakistan will make no compromise on peace, stability, and regional integrity and added that no one should have the misconception that Pakistan can be intimidated by pressure. In a statement regarding the recent Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions, President Zardari said that today Pakistani nation and its armed forces stand like a wall to protect the country’s integrity and borders. He emphasized that no one should have the misconception that Pakistan can be intimidated by pressure or threats. The armed forces’ response capabilities are comprehensive, timely, and decisive, and they are fully capable…

The Standing Committee of China’s 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) concluded its 21st session on Thursday in Beijing. At the closing meeting, lawmakers voted to remove Wang Xiangxi from the post of minister of emergency management. President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Wang’s removal. NPC Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the closing meeting, which also approved a deputy qualification report and other personnel-related bills. The lawmakers approved in principle the draft work report of the NPC Standing Committee. The Council of Chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee suggested entrusting Zhao Leji to deliver the report to…

Foreign trade of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in north China has surged 25.7 percent since the launch of a coordinated development strategy 12 years ago, customs statistics showed on Thursday. The region’s total trade value rose from 3.74 trillion yuan (about $540.2 billion) in 2014 to 4.7 trillion yuan in 2025, demonstrating robust growth driven by regional integration. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), the region’s annual imports and exports consistently exceeded 4 trillion yuan. Exports hit a record high of 1.45 trillion yuan in 2025, up 56.9 percent from 2014, with auto exports soaring sixfold to 90.97 billion yuan.…