The United States has excluded Afghanistan from a $2 billion United Nations humanitarian aid package, saying it has evidence that some previous assistance in the country was diverted to the Taliban.
Pakistan’s new Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has tied the future of relations with Kabul to the fate of the TTP, warning Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that they must choose between partnership with Islamabad or continued tolerance of Pakistani Taliban networks on Afghan soil, as a powerful new tri service command comes online in Rawalpindi.
ٹی ٹی پی (کالعدم تحریکِ طالبان پاکستان) افغان سرزمین کو پاکستان پر حملوں کیلئے استعمال کر رہی ہے جبکہ اسے افغان عبوری حکومت کی لاجسٹک اور مالی معاونت حاصل ہے، یہ گروہ خطہ کیلئے ایک سنگین خطرہ ہے۔
Kabul’s protection of TTP commanders is not a glitch in the system; it is the system, a living covenant that weighs more than any clause signed in Doha. The Taliban in Afghanistan are no longer guests or leverage to be casually traded away; they have hardened into a parallel sovereignty that Kabul cannot fully control.
Pakistan’s military spokesperson, DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said that individuals currently in Afghanistan are not Pakistani refugees but fugitive terrorists who fled during counterterrorism operations. He warned that the nexus between political elements, terrorists, and criminal networks remains the biggest obstacle to Pakistan’s war on terror, calling for unified national efforts to dismantle these connections and restore lasting peace.
Pakistan has moved on two fronts over the Houthi assault on Saudi Arabia this week: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warning the Makkah Defence Pact could become operational, and Pakistan separately delivering a direct diplomatic warning to Iran, Reuters reports, urging Tehran to rein in the Houthis.
Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first-ever foldable iPhone, featuring a 7.6-inch display Apple calls the largest and most immersive iPhone screen ever. The launch, presided over by new CEO, starts at $1,999, with preorders opening October 16.
US President Donald Trump did not push back on British plans to sanction Israeli settlements when briefed by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, a Western official told The Times of Israel.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a package of measures targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including a trade ban, a formal declaration that the occupation is unlawful, and sanctions on individuals and companies profiting from settlement expansion, calling it a decisive break from years of British hesitancy.
برطانیہ، فرانس اور کینیڈا نے مقبوضہ مغربی کنارے (فلسطین) میں اسرائیلی بستیوں سے تجارت پر پابندیاں عائد کر دیں۔ ڈنمارک، ناروے، پولینڈ، سپین اور سویڈن نے ”دو ریاستی حل“ کی حمایت میں مزید اقدامات کا عندیہ دے دیا۔ اسرائیل کی ”سفارتی تنہائی“ بڑھ رہی ہے۔ روئٹرز