Pakistan

Vance to travel to Islamabad, Iranian delegation gets reported approval from supreme leader - Axios

According to a source with knowledge, cited by Axios, the Iranian negotiating team hesitated under pressure from the IRGC to take a stronger line and refuse talks without an end to the US blockade.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
US Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two, after peace talks with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 12, 2026.
Mutasim Agha Jan.

Taliban arrests senior co-founder Mullah Mutasim Agha Jan amid deepening internal rifts

Agha Jan, a close associate of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, served as finance minister in the group’s first government prior to the 9/11 attacks.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Vice President JD Vance disembarks Air Force Two after attending talks on Iran in Islamabad, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, April 12, 2026.

Trump threatens to bomb Iran if ceasefire breaks down as Vance reportedly en route to Islamabad

Trumps told PBS News that he is unsure if the Iranians will attend the talks in Pakistan, while insisting that Tehran will not achieve nuclear weapon capability.

|ByJAMES GENN
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.

Iran rejects second round of talks with US

Two sources told The Jerusalem Post that Washington aims to first reach a framework agreement before negotiating the details.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, TZVI JASPER

Iran denies engaging in talks with US after Trump claims Kushner, Witkoff held meeting

A source told The Jerusalem Post that Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf has been leading the talks with the US.

MARCH 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei responds to reporters on his country's foreign policy agenda and regional developments during the weekly press conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital Tehran, on February 10, 2026.

Trump pitches shared US-Iran Strait of Hormuz control, claims regime change 'already happened'

Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is leading the talks with the United States, a source told The Jerusalem Post.

MARCH 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMICHAI STEIN
This image shows the Strait of Hormuz, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The Strait of Hormuz runs between Iran and United Arab Emirates, 2004.

The risk of World War III is actually decreasing - this is why - opinion

Nuclear deterrence may be lowering the risk of world war, even as global tensions intensify and Iran raises concerns.

MARCH 22, 2026ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
A satellite image shows a closer view of a destroyed vehicle at the Pickaxe Mountain facility in Natanz, Iran, March 7, 2026.

Pakistan denies deadly Kabul hospital attack, says it struck Taliban military site

Conflicting accounts over a disputed airstrike leave questions about the target and reported civilian deaths unresolved.

MARCH 19, 2026ByARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
A man stands on the debris at the site of a drug rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026.

Taliban, Pakistan declare Eid al-Fitr ceasefire in conflict that has killed hundreds

Both parties stated that the ceasefire is in order to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr over the coming days.

MARCH 18, 2026ByJAMES GENN, REUTERS
People carry the coffins of victims, who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre, during a mass burial, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.

Pakistan's nuclear ambiguity in the shadow of Iran - opinion

Despite the tension stretching across the Middle East and striking the Muslim world, the only Muslim nuclear power has still not taken harsh steps and continues to straddle the fence.

MARCH 18, 2026ByIDO GADI RAZ
Shiite Muslim supporter of the Imamia Student Organization (ISO) holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against Israel and the US strikes on Iran, in Karachi, Pakistan February 28, 2026.

Kabul rehab center bombed by Pakistan, death toll rises, families search for survivors

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has put the death toll at 143 in the bombing of a Kabul drug rehab centre by Pakistan, an official told Reuters on Wednesday.

MARCH 18, 2026ByREUTERS
A view of destruction following reported Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 17, 2026. Afghan officials said the strikes allegedly hit a drug rehabilitation center in the capital, causing civilian casualties.

Pakistani air strike devastates Kabul rehab center as survivor recalls 'doomsday' scene

The Afghan Taliban government says at least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in the Monday night attack, but Islamabad denied having targeted any such facility.

MARCH 17, 2026ByREUTERS
Debris lies in a ward of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Pakistan strikes hit drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Taliban says

Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a post on social media platform X that Pakistan had targeted "military installations" and "terrorist support infrastructure" in Kabul.

MARCH 16, 2026ByREUTERS
Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Pakistan bombs airline fuel depot in Afghanistan, Taliban says

Following Beijing's stepped up mediation efforts, no Pakistani air strikes were reported by either side in over a week until the bombing in Kandahar.

MARCH 13, 2026ByREUTERS
CHILDREN STAND near a house damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 13, 2026.