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Afghanistan reopens key Pakistan trade route, Islamabad to follow

Decision to reopen Torkham crossing came a day after high-level Pakistani delegation met Taliban officials in Kabul.

Al Jazeera · Feb 23, 2023

Afghanistahn's Taliban reopen key trade route with Pakistan

Officials say Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have reopened the key Torkham border crossing with Pakistan after keeping it shut for four days

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Pakistan's resurgent militancy is a 'Frankenstein monster' of its own creation, experts say

Experts fear the return of a vicious and bloody cycle of militancy as two terrorist assaults within weeks claim more than 100 lives in a country grappling with economic meltdown.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

Pakistan is roiled by multiple crises at once, with little end in sight

A storm of global issues, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, has exposed and exacerbated Pakistan's political, economic and security fault lines.

WEKU · Feb 2, 2023

What is behind the rising violent attacks in Pakistan?

TTP has denied involvement in the Peshawar mosque blast, but officials say it has intensified attacks since November.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2023

Pakistan mosque bomber wore police uniform: Police chief

Pakistani police say the attacker was not checked as officers believed he was one of their own.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2023

Suicide bomber who killed 101 in Pakistan mosque blast disguised himself as police officer

The bomber was not searched as police believed he was a colleague

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2023

Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform

Pakistan's police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque on Monday disguised himself by wearing a police uniform

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Is terrorism returning to Pakistan?

Earlier this week, a suicide blast ruptured the relative calm that had returned to Pakistan in recent years. The attack at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed more than 100 people and stunned many Pakistanis who thought the days of such horrific suicide bombings were long behind…

The Conversation · Feb 2, 2023

Peshawar, the city of flowers, becomes epicenter of violence

The Pakistani city of Peshawar was once known as “the city of flowers” but has borne the brunt of rising militancy in the region for the past decades

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023