The Media Line14h
‘With Frail Bodies and Empty Stomachs’: Afghan Children Risk Lives at Torkham
Adnan Afridi, senior house officer at Landi Kotal Police Station in Pakistan, told The Media Line, “It is an unfortunate reality that Afghan children are being forced to cross the border in this ...
The Media Line14h
Desperation Drives Afghan Children Into Dangerous Border Trade
Afghan and international authorities have yet to implement comprehensive protections. The Afghan government has downplayed ...
The New York Times6d
Pakistan Is Trying to Integrate the ‘Most Dangerous Place’ on Earth. It’s Failing.
American-made weapons that had been seized after the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government. This allowed the Pakistani Taliban to escalate attacks in the former tribal areas. Since mid ...
The Print2d
Why ceasfire at key Pak-Afghan border crossing on Durand Line is unlikely to last long
ThePrint Explorer looks at how Imperial Britain came about with Durand Line & how it has remained a bone of contention ...
Dawn2d
50 Afghan children sent back through Torkham on ‘humanitarian’ grounds
Move comes after intervention of tribal jirga Tehsil council chairman ... Sources at the Torkham border told Dawn that most of those Afghan children, totaling 700-800, were involved in cross ...
Laghman's Alingar Committee To Combat Harmful Traditions
Religious scholars and tribal elders in Alingar district of eastern Laghman province have formed a 12-member authoritative co ...
Business Recorder3d
Around 50 Afghan children sent back, says Landi Kotal PS SHO
ISLAMABAD: Local police and administration said on Monday that around 50 arrested Afghan children, who had illegally crossed ...
Devdiscourse5d
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Pushes for Dialogue with Afghan Taliban
The Chief Minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, has proposed negotiations with the Taliban-led Afghan government for regional peace. He suggested involving tribal elders in ...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Begins Data Collection Of Afghan Students In Educational Institutions
The government has initiated the collection of data on Afghan refugee children enrolled in educational institutions acro ...
Pak-Afghan Torkham border reopens after 25-day closure
The Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan was opened at 1 PM, Pakistan time, on Wednesday after remaining ...
The Taliban’s Internal Struggles and Path to Collapse
The Taliban’s internal cohesion, once fortified by a shared objective to expel foreign forces, has unraveled in the absence of a common enemy. The regime’s leadership, ostensibly centralized under the ...
Khaama Press10d
Torkham Border closed for a month; reopening talks set between Afghan and Pakistani traders
The Torkham border crossing, one of the most important transit and trade routes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been closed for nearly a month. While previous efforts to reopen the crossing have ...