Security & Provinces Correspondent

Bilal Rana

Stories by Bilal Rana

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A 1988 map of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border showing the Durand Line and the road network across the frontier.

Pakistan says 796 Afghan Taliban and militants killed in Operation Ghazab lil-Haq

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said forces have killed 796 Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij fighters and foiled an attack on a border post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Black-and-white photograph of a Pakistani rickshaw on a wet road in heavy rain.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Karachi thunderstorm kills five, city administration declares rain emergency

Heavy rain and hail on 2 April 2026 killed at least five people in Karachi by electrocution and structural collapse, prompting the commissioner to declare an emergency.

The skyline of Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, seen from Hong Shan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan and Afghanistan resume dialogue in Urumqi under Chinese mediation

Officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and China met on 1 April 2026 in Urumqi under the trilateral mechanism, marking the first formal contact since Operation Ghazab lil-Haq began.

A winding road climbs through the dry, rocky hills of the Khyber Pass toward the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan and Afghan Taliban trade heavy fire in Bajaur after Eid pause ends

Pakistani forces and Afghan Taliban fighters exchanged heavy fire in Bajaur on 30 March 2026, as Kabul accused Pakistan's shelling of killing a civilian in Kunar.

Rain-soaked trees and a misty hillside during monsoon rainfall in Pakistan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Heavy rain and roof collapses kill 17 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 14 of them children

PDMA said at least 17 people, 14 of them children, were killed and 56 injured in rain-related roof and wall collapses across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 25 March.

The Torkham border crossing area on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, seen from a distance

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan resumes Operation Ghazab lil-Haq as Eid pause ends

The Foreign Office says the temporary Eid pause in Operation Ghazab lil-Haq is over and the campaign against the Afghan Taliban will continue until its objectives are achieved.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan tops Global Terrorism Index 2026 as TTP attacks push terror deaths to a 12-year high

The Institute for Economics and Peace's Global Terrorism Index 2026 places Pakistan at the top of the ranking for the first time, with 1,139 terror-related deaths recorded in 2025.

The Torkham border area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Operation Ghazab lil-Haq paused for Eid, not ended, ministers warn Taliban

On 21 March 2026 Pakistani ministers said Operation Ghazab lil-Haq was only paused for Eid and warned the Afghan Taliban to honour Doha Agreement commitments.

A line of trucks and vehicles waiting at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan rejects Taliban claim it broke Eid truce, warns operation will resume

Pakistan's information ministry on 20 March 2026 called Afghan Taliban truce-violation claims frivolous and warned the Eid pause in fighting could end at once.

Friends prepare to break their fast with an Iftar meal at dusk on the Margalla Hills in Islamabad during Ramadan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to five-day Eid al-Fitr truce after weeks of border fighting

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban announced a five-day Eid al-Fitr pause in cross-border fighting, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkiye.

A mountain highway winding toward the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan strikes Kandahar after Taliban drone attacks cross 'red line'

Pakistan's military struck targets in Kandahar and other Afghan provinces after President Zardari said Taliban drone attacks on Pakistani cities crossed a red line.

A village in Sherikhel, Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Seven police personnel martyred in IED attack in Lakki Marwat

A roadside IED destroyed a Shadikhel police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat district on 13 March 2026, killing seven officers including the station house officer.