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China urges Pakistan to ‘severely punish’ attackers behind bus blast
Jul 15, 2021 02:49China has condemned a blast targeting a bus in a remote region of northwestern Pakistan that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, calling on Islamabad to thoroughly investigate the attack and punish the perpetrators.
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Afghan Taliban claim control of strategic border crossing with Pakistan
Jul 14, 2021 08:59The Taliban militant group in Afghanistan says it has gained control over a strategic route linking the south of the country to Pakistan.
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Pakistan stands firm against allowing US access to bases: Minister
Jul 12, 2021 07:45Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has reaffirmed Islamabad’s firm opposition to allowing the United States access to its airbases amid the hasty withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan’s security must be established by Afghan people: Iran's president-elect
Jul 05, 2021 02:05Iran’s President-elect Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the security of the neighboring Afghanistan should be provided by people of the country, adding that foreign forces only bring insecurity to the region.
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Pakistan snubs US call to downgrade ties with China
Jul 01, 2021 03:52China is building up nearly a 3,000-kilometer-long network of roads and railway lines and is investing tens of billions of US dollars in Pakistan’s energy and infrastructure projects under its mega Belt and Road global initiative.
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Pakistan says will no more allow US to use territory for ops in Afghanistan
Jun 22, 2021 08:05Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country cannot afford to again make a mistake by hosting a US military base to be used against alleged militants in Afghanistan but is ready to be a “partner for peace” in the neighboring country.
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Iran drops Pakistan, France from red list of air travel destinations
Jun 16, 2021 02:55Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has allowed a resumption of flights to and from Pakistan and France after designating the two countries as safe enough considering the risk of infection with the coronavirus.
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Pakistan province to block phones of the unvaccinated
Jun 11, 2021 09:34A Pakistan province says it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get COVID-19 jabs, in the latest move to penalize the unvaccinated in a country where only a fraction of the population have been inoculated.
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Pakistan will not allow US to use its bases: Foreign minister
Jun 10, 2021 00:39Pakistan’s foreign minister says the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan will not give the US military access to any bases inside the country after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
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At least 30 killed in Pakistan train crash: Police
Jun 07, 2021 04:07At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured Monday in a train crash in southern Pakistan, police said.