Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Durand Line: A British Colonial legacy still haunts Afghanistan, Pakistan

The Durand Line has been an issue that has sown distrust between Afghanistan and Pakistan since 1948 and is also a possible flashpoint between Pakistan and the Taliban (that now control Afghanistan). 

Jan 07, 2022, 10:55 AM IST

Pakistan PM orders border re-opening amid tense Afghanistan ties

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday ordered the re-opening of the two main border crossings to Afghanistan.

Mar 20, 2017, 15:51 PM IST

Two police personnel and six suspected militants killed in Pakistan assault

Two police personnel and six suspected militants from across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were killed after an assault on a checkpost in Khyber Agency on Friday.

Mar 17, 2017, 12:27 PM IST

Pakistan re-opens Chaman border gate

Chaman is one of the busiest crossing points along with Torkham. More than 50,000 people, mostly Afghans, travel across the two facilities each day.

Sep 01, 2016, 15:17 PM IST

Pakistani major, 3 Afghan soldiers die in firing at border crossing

Tension remained high at a Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing as firing between forces of the two countries claimed the lives of five Afghans, including three soldiers, since Sunday, while a Pakistani Army major wounded in the clashes died on Wednesday.

Jun 15, 2016, 21:31 PM IST

ISI financed 2009 attack on Afghan CIA camp, shows declassified paper

A cable declassified by the United States' National Security Archive has revealed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, had financed the 2009 terror attack at a camp of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Afghanistan.

Apr 14, 2016, 10:17 AM IST