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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicAsif Ghafoor

Topic: Asif Ghafoor

Pakistan military can’t handle growing Pashtun storm, so it’s blaming countries like India

The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement is difficult for India to support because the movement owes its success to the absence of foreign funding or support.

A 2-star general ‘takes charge’ of Pakistan’s policies while PM Imran Khan goes to China

This week, Pakistan military spokesperson Asif Ghafoor laid out his army’s doctrine of illegal disappearances: All is fair in love and war — on its own people.

Asif Ghafoor’s political meddling reinforces perception that Pakistan is being militarised

Curiously, Ghafoor’s warning to Pashtuns has come days after PM Imran Khan publicly endorsed the demands of the movement.

2 months after Balakot, Pakistan changes nuclear weapons tune – they’re for deterrence only

Pakistan’s military spokesperson Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor also says any country that had nuclear capability would be smart not to talk about it.

Pakistan says India’s RAW creating unrest in FATA, funding human rights groups there

Pakistan's DG, ISPR, Asif Ghafoor, says Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies funding the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, which is agitating in FATA.

Pakistan claims it has taken 2 IAF pilots prisoner after shooting down Indian jets

Pakistani military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed that two IAF pilots were taken into custody, of which one was shifted to a hospital.

Pakistan ‘downs’ two Indian jets in worst escalation since 1971 war

Pakistan military spokesman Asif Ghafoor said one IAF jet fell inside PoK and the other fell inside Jammu & Kashmir.

Indian military on ‘high alert’ after IAF strike against Jaish in Pakistan’s Balakot

The IAF strike, first made public in a series of tweets by Pakistan military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor, has been confirmed by India.

‘Don’t mess with Pakistan,’ army warns India

Pakistan’s army spokesman said that they did not want a war with India but warned that Islamabad would retaliate if India took military action.

Local tribal council negotiating talks with militants who burnt down schools in Diamer district

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Online petition launched asking Imran Khan to lift ban on release of film ‘Manto’ in Pakistan; Pakistan-Afghanistan border to be completed by December 2019. 

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Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

15 Vir Chakras awarded for Op Sindoor, 9 go to IAF pilots who struck Pakistani terror camps

For the first time, 2 Agniveers were awarded the Sena Medal for Operation Sindoor roles, among others. A 3rd Agniveer received a Mention in Despatches.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.