Border & counterterrorism
Pakistan–Afghanistan Border Conflict
Follow Pakistan’s operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, including airstrikes in Kunar, Helmand and Paktika, ground firing exchanges, and the diplomatic track with Kabul.
The reporting trail
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Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceMajor among five soldiers martyred in Barkhan operation
Pakistan's military said five security personnel, including a major, were martyred and seven militants killed in a sanitisation operation in Barkhan district, Balochistan.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceUNICEF decries ninth school attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
UNICEF said a girls' primary school in Tank district was destroyed with explosives, the ninth attack on a school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year, and called for protection.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceShangla flash floods isolate villages in Kana tehsil
Torrential rain and lightning triggered flash floods in Shangla district, washing away roads and damaging homes and micro-hydro stations, officials and residents said.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceRickshaw bomb kills nine at Lakki Marwat bazaar
A bomb rigged to a rickshaw killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen in a busy bazaar in Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said.
Pakistan / Technology & TelecomPTCL warns of evening internet disruption from May 11 to 18
PTCL said evening internet service may degrade from 11 to 18 May while an international cable consortium repairs a fault on one of its submarine cables.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePM Shehbaz extends austerity measures until June 13
The Cabinet Division extended Pakistan's nationwide austerity campaign to 13 June, keeping fuel cuts, a four-day week and salary reductions in place.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan summons Afghan envoy over Bannu attack
The Foreign Office summoned Afghanistan's chargé d'affaires and delivered a demarche over the 9 May Bannu police post bombing that killed 15 constables.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceMedical teams sent to Torkham after suspected cholera outbreak
Health authorities dispatched emergency teams and set up a free medical camp in a Torkham border village after a labourer died and residents showed symptoms.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceEight killed as passenger coach plunges into ravine in Swat's Charbagh
At least eight people were killed and seven injured when a passenger coach returning from a wedding in Malam Jabba fell into a ravine in Swat on 10 May 2026.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan, Bangladesh sign agreement to combat drug trafficking
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Bangladesh's Salahuddin Ahmed signed an MoU in Dhaka to share intelligence and jointly target narcotics smuggling networks.
Pakistan / Business & FinancePetrol and diesel prices hit Rs415 per litre after fresh hike
The federal government raised petrol and high-speed diesel prices by Rs14.92 and Rs15 per litre, taking both fuels to about Rs415 per litre from 9 May 2026.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceSecurity forces kill five militants in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan
The military said security forces killed five militants in two intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, four in Tank district and one in Dera Ismail Khan.