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Parts of Myanmar near the 270-kilometre (167-mile) border with Bangladesh have seen frequent clashes since November, when rebel Arakan Army fighters ended a ceasefire that had largely held since a 2021 coup.
“The mandate of the Department of National Defence is to secure the sovereignty of the state and integrity of the national territory as enshrined in the constitution,” Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said in a statement.
The elections come after a brief campaign marred by the military’s efforts to prevent jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from regaining power.
Having previously remained silent about the targeted killings of anti-India jihadists in Pakistan last year, Islamabad now plans to publicise its investigations into 12 such assassinations, foreign secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi said on Thursday – accusing Delhi’s intelligence services of hiring hitmen to eliminate its enemies.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban pledged Thursday not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, as political parties and independent candidates ramp up their campaigns ahead of the Feb. 8 vote.
The two countries have a “joint interest in combating the menace” of the ethnic Baloch militant groups waging insurgencies against Pakistani and Iranian security forces, a senior Pakistani official told This Week In Asia on condition of anonymity, citing diplomatic sensitivities.
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government is denying reports that it sentenced six army generals to death or life imprisonment for their surrender last month of a regional military command headquarters on the border with China to an alliance of ethnic armed groups.
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan security forces killed seven militants in a shootout in the country’s volatile southwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said Monday.