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Illustration on Pakistan's radicalization by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Time for U.S. to unfriend Pakistan

By Clifford D. May

Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan lamented during a wide-ranging interview that millions of people inside Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir have been on lockdown without access to medicine or electricity.

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan key to terror fight in wake of Taliban takeover, ambassador says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Next Afghanistan Government Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Inclusive government needed in Afghanistan

By Asad Majeed Khan

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks during a press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas after their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Maas arrived in Islamabad on two-day visit to hold talks with Pakistani leadership to discuss bilateral matters, international issues and the current situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Short-term gains: Pakistan a strategic winner with Taliban triumph — for now

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People attend the funeral prayers of victims of an attack on a truck Saturday night, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Attackers targeted a truck in the Pakistani port city, killing multiple people and wounding others. An initial investigation suggests the attackers followed the truck and then threw hand grenades or some sort of improvised explosive devices at one side of the truck, police said. (AP Photo/Ikram Suri)

Bombing hits Pakistan Shiite procession, killing at least 3

By Asim Tanveer - Associated Press

Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad gives a press conference regarding the abduction of the daughter of Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, July 18, 2021. The daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan was abducted in the middle of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, held for several hours and brutally attacked, officials in both countries said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Afghanistan recalls diplomats to protest Pakistan attack

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In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

U.S. forges new alliances to prep for post-Afghan War reality in Central Asia

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A Pakistani paramedic treats men, who were injured in a fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban in Spin Boldak border area, at a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan, Friday, July 16, 2021. Afghan government security forces were battling to retake the southeastern Spin Boldak border crossing with neighbor Pakistan Friday, according to Afghanistan's deputy defense ministry spokesman Fawad Awan. (AP Photo/Tariq Achakzai)

Reuters photographer killed as Afghan forces fight Taliban

By Kathy Gannon

Pakistan's Afghanistan Policies Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The key to Afghan peace lies in Pakistan’s pocket

By Wahab Raofi

Soldiers and volunteers work at the site of a train collision in Ghotki district in southern Pakistan, Monday, June 7, 2021. Two express trains collided in southern Pakistan early Monday, killing dozens of passengers, authorities said, as rescuers and villagers worked to pull injured people and more bodies from the wreckage. (AP Photo/Waleed Saddique)

Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 40

By Asim Tanveer and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

China’s DF-26 ballistic missiles worry the U.S. because they can be fired from long ranges with enough precision to attack a moving ship. (Associated Press)

China continues proliferation of nuclear tech, missiles: Report

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Pakistan army: Gunmen kill 3 troops, wound 5 in twin attacks

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Pakistan PM heading to Saudi Arabia for talks to boost ties

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Pakistani army: 7 troops killed in militant attack, shootout

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Pakistani journalists’ group vows to fight for press freedom

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan decries EU parliament’s move on blasphemy laws

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistan recalls Riyadh envoy after expat laborers complain

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Villagers in Pakistani Kashmir hail cease-fire with India

By SALOHI - Associated Press

An Afghan army soldier stands guard as smoke rises from a burning fuel tanker after a road accident on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Afghanistan exit creates hurdles for counterterrorism operations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Smoke blows from a burning vehicles at the site of bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. A powerful bomb went off in the parking area of a five-star Serena hotel in the southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, wounding some people, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Bombing in hotel parking lot kills at least 4 in SW Pakistan

By ABDUL SATTAR AND MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press