Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on Friday, wedding Sunni Muslim US allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.

Iran and its allies have been firing on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, and blockading their energy shipments, since the US and Israel attacked it on February 28 in a major escalation after years of regional ​tumult.

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The request, which is being reported for the first time, follows Pakistan’s role in brokering talks over the Iran war, which raised its ​diplomatic profile and stirred hopes that it could seek economic gains from Washington and other partners.

In the request to U.S. ‌Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Islamabad is seeking a Bilateral Exchange Stabilization Support Facility between the U.S. and the Pakistani government worth $10 billion with maturity of up to five years.

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Source: https://kelo.com/2026/07/21/exclusive-pakistan-seeks-10-billion-in-us-backstop-facility-to-boost-reserves-source-says/

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Kuwait is negotiating an expanded defence agreement with Pakistan in exchange for energy cooperation and investment with the South Asian country, according to a Reuters report.

A Pakistani official told Reuters that Kuwait wanted Islamabad to deploy “thousands of Pakistani troops on the ground, fighter jets, drones, an air defence system, and other defence-related facilities”.

The talks, while at an early stage, underscore how the regional security landscape is being upended by the US-Israeli war on Iran.

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Pakistan, a key mediator behind the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the United States and Iran to end the war in West Asia, has killed at least 29 militants in Afghanistan, according to Islamabad, while the Taliban said overnight ground operations and airstrikes left at least 38 of its civilians dead and more than 160 injured.

Pakistan’s security forces launched a ground operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Sunday before carrying out strikes on militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, information minister Attaullah Tarar said.

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Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday (February 27, 2026), with Islamabad’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declaring the neighbours at “open war” following months of tit-for-tat clashes.

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Afghanistan’s Government said Friday it wanted “dialogue” to resolve its conflict with neighbouring Pakistan following deadly fighting on Thursday overnight (February 26, 2026).

“Pakistani air ‌strikes hit 22 Afghan ⁠military targets. At least 12 Pakistani ‌soldiers were killed and 274 ⁠Taliban officials and militants ‌were killed since Thursday night,” military spokesperson ‌Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry.

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A massive bomb blast ripped through a Shia religious centre on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Friday, killing at least 31 and injuring over 150 others.

The blast, said to be a suicide attack, occurred during the Friday prayers. The Islamabad police have confirmed the blast to be an attack and launched an investigation. Some of the wounded were listed as being in critical condition.

Two police officials told Reuters that the attacker was stopped at the gate of the mosque before detonating the bomb.

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Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/islamabad-blast-death-toll-injured-in-attack-targeting-shia-mosque-friday-prayer-reactions-top-points-101770377319581.html

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Pakistani armed forces continue to hunt for separatists behind a string of attacks in its militancy-hit Balochistan province that Islamabad has tried to pin on India. New Delhi has rubbished the allegations. So far, more than 190 people have been killed in two days, including militants, civilians and security forces.

Troops were seen combing large areas a day after militants stormed banks, jails, police stations and military installations, killing at least 31 civilians and 17 security personnel, according to the chief minister of Balochistan province.

At least 145 attackers were also killed, he said. That figure includes more than 40 militants that security forces said were killed on Friday.

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Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/our-blood-not-cheap-pakistani-forces-chases-baloch-militants-190-people-killed-india-refutes-involvement-charge-101770009228205.html

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilization force, a move analysts say could spark domestic backlash.

Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected to fly to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump in the coming weeks for a third meeting in six months that will likely focus on the Gaza force, two sources told Reuters, one of them a key player in the general’s economic diplomacy.

Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan calls for an international force to oversee a transition period for reconstruction and economic recovery in the war-torn Palestinian territory, decimated by over two years of war.

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At least 12 people were killed and several others were injured after a blast took place outside a local court in Pakistan’s Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the blast was not immediately known.

Several vehicles parked outside the court were also damaged in the explosion. Those injured were mostly people who had arrived at the court for hearings. The court premises outside are usually bustling with visitors.

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Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/explosion-local-court-pakistan-islamabad-dead-injured-parked-car-blast-updates-101762850090532.html

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