Tag: Torkham
Daesh claims responsibility for killing Pakistan consulate staffer in Jalalabad
Body of Pakistani diplomatic staffer handed over to authorities at Torkham
PESHAWAR: The Islamic State also known by its Arabic acronym Daesh has claimed the...
Pak-Afghan border reopens following hand-grenade attack
PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities announced on Saturday that the Pak-Afghan Torkham border crossing would be re-opened this afternoon, following a successful meeting between the high-ranking...
Pak-Afghan border crossing remains closed after Friday’s blasts
JAMRUD: The Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing at Torkham is to remain closed for the second day today, after the two consecutive blasts at the Pak-Afghan...
Six security men, child injured in twin blasts at Torkham border
The nature of the blast is yet to be ascertained.
Protests held at Chaman and Torkham borders against Trump’s anti-Pakistan statement
US President Donald Trump had last week demanded that Pakistan "stop offering safe haven to agents of chaos”, while inviting India to provide more economic assistance and development to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan demands reopening of Pak-Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal has demanded the authorities reopen the Torkham border, saying the closure was causing ‘hardships’ for people on either...
Afghan asks US to pressurise Pak to solve Torkham border issue...
The Afghan government has asked the United States to put pressure on Islamabad to step back and let diplomatic efforts resolve the Torkham border...
Torkham fencing to plug terrorists’ infiltration: officials
Despite the hostile and unprovoked shelling from the Afghan side, Pakistan is committed to plugging loopholes in the border security mechanism by installing a...
Afghanistan lodges protest with Pakistan over Torkham incident
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan summoned Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan Syed Abrar Hussain Shah and lodged protest over a clash between the...
Pakistan asks Afghanistan to probe unprovoked firing at Torkham
Pakistan has expressed deep concern over reports of unprovoked firing from Afghan side of the border near Torkham, expecting the Afghan government to immediately...
