Pakistan vows decisive response to Afghan cross-border attacks. PM Shehbaz Sharif praises the military and urges Kabul to dismantle militant safe havens.
India’s outreach to the Taliban through Deoband diplomacy is seen as an attempt to recast the group’s ideological associations from Haqqania to Indian soil.
![After overnight Pak-Afghan clashes, PM Shehbaz Sharif pledged a forceful and effective response to any aggression. [Courtesy: WikiMedia Commons].](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/l37320220411183910.webp)
![Female journalists barred from Taliban press conference in New Delhi on orders from Amir Khan Muttaqi. [IC: WIONews]](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_1017-1536x1057-1.webp)
![An Afghan man wearing a protective face mask walks past a wall painted with photo of Zalmay Khalilzad, US envoy for peace in Afghanistan, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, in Kabul, Afghanistan. [IC: REUTERS]](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/delegation-khalilzad-painted-taliban-afghanistan-wearing-protective_680c7cc6-cf46-11ea-98f0-14dc794b6a99.webp)
![Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi receives a warm welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s historic Islamic seminary, October 11, 2025]. [Courtesy: @MJalalAf/X].](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/G2-ye83WQAAtaqI.webp)
![This file photo shows veteran journalist Hamid Mir. [IC: AFP]](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/60b5d2d62f16b.webp)
