Security & Provinces Correspondent

Bilal Rana

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A 1981 Central Intelligence Agency map of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, showing the Durand Line, the Predominant Pashtun area and the maximum Pashtunistan claim, with road networks and population centres on both sides of the border.

Tarar tells Afghan Taliban to drop 'militant mindset' as Pakistan warns of response to any destabilisation

On 29 September, Pakistan's information minister told an Islamabad seminar the Afghan interim government must shift from a 'militant mindset' to that of a responsible state.

Pakistani soldiers in combat gear pose for the camera in a mountainous setting in Swat

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Six terrorists killed in K-P, Balochistan operations, outlets report

On 29 September 2026, security forces said six militants died in separate intelligence-based operations in KP and Balochistan; another outlet counted seven.

Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, photographed at sunset from Chitral

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan rejects Afghan claims of role in Nuristan clashes

Pakistan's Ministry of Information dismissed Afghan allegations that Pakistani forces aided Daesh-linked fighters in Nuristan's Kamdesh district as frivolous and baseless.

Two officials in dark suits walking through an open courtyard with manicured lawns, classical stone buildings and tall trees, on an overcast day at a military headquarters

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Field Marshal Munir briefs US-Afghan war commission at GHQ on Pakistan's perspective

Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir met the US-led Afghanistan War Commission at GHQ on 28 September and urged it to fold regional and Pakistani experience into its 20-year review.

A crowd at a Pashtun Tahafuz Movement protest in Karachi in an archival photograph

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

All 25 accused acquitted in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case

A Karachi anti-terrorism court acquitted the final seven accused in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case on 26 September 2026, leaving all 25 charged people cleared.

A street view of Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in an archival photograph

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Suicide blast at Aman Mela checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan kills 11, TTP claims attack

A suicide blast at the Aman Mela checkpost near Darazinda in Dera Ismail Khan killed 11, including police and customs personnel, and wounded about 30 on 26 September 2026.

A customs yard at the Wesh–Chaman border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan forces kill Afghan Taliban in Gulistan border clash as firing continues

Pakistani security forces foiled an Afghan Taliban incursion in the Gulistan sector on 24 September, killing several fighters as cross-border firing continued, sources said.

The headquarters building of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Dar urges OIC to press Taliban on terrorism from Afghan soil

FM Ishaq Dar told the OIC Contact Group on Afghanistan that the Taliban must take concrete, verifiable action to stop Afghan soil being used for terrorism against Pakistan.

The M-1 motorway toll plaza near Peshawar, with lanes and a canopy over the carriageway

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

KP minister Fazal Shakoor 'abducted' near Peshawar Motorway toll plaza; FIR filed

Unidentified armed men allegedly took KP Public Health Engineering Minister Fazal Shakoor at gunpoint on the M-1 motorway; an FIR was registered and a PHC recovery petition filed.

A Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet with ground crew during a refuelling stop

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 28 militants, Kabul says three civilians

Pakistan carried out airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts in Afghanistan's Kunar and Paktika on 21 September, claiming 28 killed; Kabul reported three civilians dead.

A winter view of a village and low hills in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Kohat investigation: attackers planned a prolonged siege of Police Lines, not just a blast

Initial investigation into the Kohat Police Lines attack found attackers planned a prolonged siege, carrying grenades and sniper rifles, before a 20-21 hour clearance operation.

A road running through hills near Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Six soldiers including two officers martyred in Hangu convoy ambush

Six soldiers, including two officers, were martyred and eight terrorists killed in a convoy ambush in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on 20 September, the military said.