Imran Khan’s PTI braces to fight federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Islamabad says the PTI failed to lead the fight against armed groups, but analysts question the takeover.

Islamabad says the PTI failed to lead the fight against armed groups, but analysts question the takeover.





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Funerals are underway in Kohat, Pakistan, after a suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden car into a mosque killing

Several people have reportedly been killed in an explosion at a mosque near a police complex in northwest Pakistan.
Attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) active in the region.
A surge in attacks in Balochistan’s Pashtun-majority districts is raising questions about a widening rebellion.
The Taliban navigates a complex web of global trade and security alliances without gaining full political recognition.
Explosion took place near crowd rallying against a surge in violence in northwestern Pakistan.
Fifteen attackers were also killed during the hours-long raid in Pakistan’s northwestern Hangu district.
The Pakistani Taliban said four suicide bombers carried out the assault in the country’s northwest.
Military spokesman warns fighters ‘we will chase you, we will hurt you’ amid the spate of deadly ambushes.
Shahid Rind, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, says 15 assailants killed in ‘clearance operations’.