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View the latest Pakistan news and videos, including politics and breaking news headlines.

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  • Afghan volunteers and Taliban security personnel work to move injured people near a military helicopter following earthquakes in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025.
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    Taliban calls for foreign help after deadly Afghanistan earthquake. Here’s what we know
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  • An injured Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on September 1, 2025.
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    Rescuers scramble to reach victims after hundreds killed as earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan
  • India's Agni-5 Missile on display in New Delhi on January 23, 2013.
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    India tests nuclear capable missile a week ahead of Modi’s visit to China
  • A resident stands with an umbrella as rainwater flowing from mountains crosses a damaged area, following a storm that caused heavy rains and flooding in Bayshonai Kalay, in Buner district, Pakistan, on August 18, 2025.
    Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
    What are cloudbursts and why might a warming world make them even more dangerous?
  • Hari Chand mourns the death of his wife during flash floods in Chositi village, in Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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    Sudden, heavy rain in Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal kills more than 400 people
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  • Pakistan’s deadly monsoon floods were worsened by climate crisis, study finds
  • The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback
  • India says it has killed three militants behind Kashmir tourist massacre
  • A couple were accused of having an ‘illicit’ relationship. Their community allegedly shot them dead
  • Children make up half of more than 170 killed in Pakistan floods
  • Owners of pet lion arrested after it jumped a wall and attacked a woman and two children in Pakistan
  • Pakistan nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, praising ‘stellar statesmanship’
  • Teenage TikTok star’s murder leaves Pakistani women questioning whether any safe spaces exist – online or on the street
  • World’s highest railway bridge opens in conflict-hit Kashmir
  • Indian military chief acknowledges loss of fighter jets in May conflict with Pakistan

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    Video Oil prices climb, Emirates makes a splash in Paris, and Careem exits Pakistan 2:05
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    Video Video shows Pakistani students returning home from Tehran 0:28
  • Indian army personnel stand next to explosives, carried by a drone, after it was intercepted by the Indian air defence system, on the outskirts of Amritsar, on May 10, 2025. The Indian army on May 10 reported fresh Pakistani attacks along the border with its arch-foe as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors spiraled.
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    Video CNN reports from Islamabad and New Delhi as India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire 5:52
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  • Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2025.
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    Vance called Indian prime minister to encourage ceasefire talks after receiving alarming intelligence, sources say
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  • Video Trump urges India-Pakistan attacks to ‘stop’ 0:27
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  • Spectators queue to enter the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakaistan on February 19, 2025, ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy one-day international cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand.
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    This cricket-mad country spent years convincing international teams it was safe to come play. Now the party is in full swing
  • Pakistan celebrates its first Olympic medal in decades as javelin hero breaks Games record
  • Against the odds, the USA cricket team has captured hearts and minds with historic run at Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup
  • Pakistan succumbs to heartbreaking defeat against archrival India in T20 Cricket World Cup
  • How the USA’s shock cricket triumph reflects a global sporting and geopolitical transformation

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