Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that Islamabad would not allow militants based in Iran and Afghanistan to take advantage of Tehran's ongoing conflict with Israel to increase its "terrorist" attacks in neighboring Pakistan.

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President Donald Trump is desperate not to fight a war with Iran. But can he really avoid it? Compelling national security arguments and domestic political considerations mean it makes sense to stop short of direct US offensive operations in the long-dreaded conflict that Israel describes as a matter of preserving its own existence.

The neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya — and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69 billion squandered in Ukraine — look set to lure us into yet another military fiasco with Iran.

Although the United States has supplied weapons to Israel, so far President Donald Trump has not directly involved us in its war with Iran. That is a wise policy.

Ali was finally granted an Australian visa after a seven-year wait. But just as he was about to fly to his new home, he became trapped in Iran.

What is unfolding in Iran today is not simply a tightening of migration controls, but the implementation of a policy that is deepening a human protection crisis.

During phone call, Afghan Foreign Minister Muttaqi assures Iranian counterpart Araghchi of arrangements for pilgrims' return and condemns Israel's airstrikes on civilian areas - Anadolu Ajansı

Iran allowed 10,000 Indian students' evacuation via land borders amid Israel conflict, June 2025. Embassy aids safety. Check helpline numbers here.