ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan-Afghanistan relations cannot return to normal unless Afghanistan stops backing the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan .In an

Pakistan’s defense minister warned Afghanistan on Wednesday that any new “terrorist or suicide attack” by militants on Pakistani soil would draw a stern response, hours after talks between the two countries in Istanbul failed to secure a peace agreement.

If Afghanistan proceeds with damming the Kunar River with Indian assistance, Islamabad could face its most severe hydrological challenge in decades.

ISLAMABAD/ISTANBUL: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Tuesday revealed that an agreement with Afghanistan was “within reach” during the second round of Istanbul talks but was derailed several times after the Afghan negotiators “backpedaled” following instructions from Kabul.

There should be no doubt that Kabul is responsible for the terrorism in Pakistan and it is a tool for Delhi, defence minister says.

As deadly border clashes erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan in early October 2025, an image of a missile circulated online with users falsely claiming that it depicted a successful test launch by Kabul.

The Istanbul talks are part of a broader diplomatic push to ease months of heightened tension between Islamabad and Kabul over cross-border attacks and militant safe havens.

Shortly before a ceasefire brought an end to a week of violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in which dozens of troops and civilians were killed, a video of a fire at a plaza in Peshawar was shared in posts falsely claiming it was the result of an Afghan drone attack.