At least nine people were killed when a crowd of students attempted to storm the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 1. The deaths followed joing US-Isreali strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
At least nine protesters have been killed and 32 injured in clashes after hundreds of Pakistan’s pro-Iran Shi'a Muslims, angry over the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stormed the US Consulate in the port city of Karachi.
Pakistan launched a wave of attacks on Afghanistan on February 27, in the most serious escalation between the countries since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
Pakistani war planes bombed Kabul after Afghanistan and Pakistan traded strikes on each other in their volatile mountain border region as days of escalating tensions boiled over into what one senior official from Islamabad called "open war."
Pakistani war planes bombed Kabul just hours after Afghanistan and Pakistan traded strikes on each other in their volatile mountain border region as days of escalating tensions boiled over into what one senior official from Islamabad called "open war."
Pakistan said it launched strikes on seven militant sites inside Afghanistan in a "retributive response” to recent suicide attacks it said were carried out by Afghan-based extremists, as tensions escalated between the two South Asian neighbors.
Kites have once again filled the skies of the Pakistani city of Lahore after a 19-year ban. Markets sold thousands of handmade kites in the colors of spring flowers to eager flyers who often compete in aerial "battles" by trying to slice rivals' kite strings.
Pakistani authorities said that four people have been arrested in connection with the suicide bomb attack that killed at least 32 people on a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in the capital, Islamabad, as they observed Friday Prayers.
In one of the deadliest attacks in years, a suicide bomber killed at least 31 people during an attack on a Friday prayers congregation in a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
At least 31 people were killed in an explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Police and government officials said the February 6 attack was a suicide bombing during Friday Prayers and that nearly 170 other people were injured.
Pakistan has used violence and political repression to stamp out a decades-old insurgency in Balochistan Province. The largest-ever attacks in the region have called into question that strategy.
A recent attack by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) against Chinese nationals in Afghanistan has raised questions, with analysts telling RFE/RL that Beijing's policies in Xinjiang and a desire to deprive the Taliban of Chinese investment could be motivating the attacks.
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