Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan surged over the weekend with the Taliban government claiming to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in fierce clashes at the shared border. On the other hand, Islamabad has reportedly killed 200 Taliban terrorists.

Founded in 2015 by cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, TLP is a far-right religious group rooted in the Barelvi school of Sunni Islam.

At least one officer and several protesters have been killed as supporters of a radical Islamist party in Pakistan clashed with police in Lahore during an anti-Israeli march.

The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border. Casualties are not yet clear in what the Taliban called "retaliatory operations", after it said Pakistan violated Afghan airspace and bombed a market inside its border on Thursday.

Pakistan police clashed with thousands of protesters during a march in support of Palestinians on Monday, killing at least one officer and injuring dozens of other officers, police and witnesses said.

Senuran Muthusamy took three wickets in four deliveries Monday in a career-best haul of 6-117 to help South Africa dismiss Pakistan for 378 on the second day of the first cricket test. Salman Ali Agha became the second Pakistan batter to narrowly miss out on a century in this innings when he was last wicket to fall for the home team.

The Afghan Taliban has accused Pakistan of violating Kabul's "sovereign territory", describing it as an "unprecedented, violent, and provocative act". The allegation comes after two loud blasts were heard in the city late on Thursday.

In commenting on Global Times' question about media reports, including the claim that Pakistan used Chinese equipment and technology to export rare-earths to the US, which allegedly prompted China to introduce stricter export controls on rare-earth-related technologies,

Pakistan’s internal security situation escalated on Sunday as authorities launched a major crackdown on the far-right Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)