Pakistani authorities have sharply escalated abusive raids, arbitrary detentions, and forced returns of Afghan refugees following renewed border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A key outlawed Pakistani militant group behind numerous gun and bomb attacks announced a three-day ceasefire early Thursday ahead of a key Muslim holiday, hours after Pakistan and Afghanistan also declared a temporary pause to escalating ...

As global attention remains fixed on the sprawling war in the Middle East, another conflict is edging towards a dangerous threshold — one between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Pakistan has formally demanded Afghanistan's Taliban administration declare the TTP a terrorist group, dismantle its infrastructure, and provide verifiable proof of action. These demands, conveyed during China-brokered talks in Urumqi,