![Security forces eliminated 13 terrorists in five operations across KP, reinforcing efforts to curb militancy in the region. [Image via Pakistan Today]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IBOs-.webp "IBOs-")
Security forces eliminated 13 terrorists in five operations across KP, reinforcing efforts to curb militancy in the region.
![Taliban's leader Akhundzada visits Kandahar University, urges support for modern education but excludes women from the event. [Image via Wikimedia Commons]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hibatullah_Akhundzada.webp "Hibatullah_Akhundzada")
Taliban’s leader Akhundzada visits Kandahar University, urges support for modern education but excludes women from the event.
![Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamabad stop, shaking hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif before inspecting a guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad [Pakistan's Prime Minister Office / AFP]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AFP__20250213__36XQ66Z__v1__HighRes__PakistanTurkeyDiplomacy-1739439056.webp "AFP__20250213__36XQ66Z__v1__HighRes__PakistanTurkeyDiplomacy-1739439056")
Erdogan’s Islamabad stop is more than just diplomacy. With $5B in trade on the table, Turkey and Pakistan’s brotherhood is no longer just talk.
![Japan provides $1.65M aid to support healthcare and vulnerable communities in Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Yemen amid crises. [Image via Khaama Press]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Japan-flag.webp "Japan-flag")
Japan provides $1.65M aid to support healthcare and vulnerable communities in Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Yemen amid crises.
![A suicide attack in Kabul kills a Taliban officer, days after the deadly Kunduz bombing, as IS-K threats persist in Afghanistan. [Image via Ariana News]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/UNSC.webp "UNSC")
A suicide attack in Kabul kills a Taliban officer, days after the deadly Kunduz bombing, as IS-K threats persist in Afghanistan.
![63 Afghan migrants released from prisons of Pakistan and repatriated as deportations of undocumented Afghans continue. [Image via Khaama Press]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Afghan-refugees-and-detainees-in-Pak.webp "Afghan-refugees-and-detainees-in-Pak")
63 Afghan migrants released from prisons of Pakistan and repatriated as deportations of undocumented Afghans continue.
![Overseas Pakistanis defy Imran Khan’s call to halt remittances, sending record $3bn in January to support families. [Image via AP/File]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP22139439159975-1739362646.webp "AP22139439159975-1739362646")
Overseas Pakistanis defy Imran Khan’s call to halt remittances, sending record $3bn in January to support families.
![A $34 Million commercial complex with 1,300 shops opens in Kabul, boosting business, jobs, and investment in Afghanistan. [Image via Tolo News]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-13-08h51m46s483.webp "vlcsnap-2025-02-13-08h51m46s483")
A $34 Million commercial complex with 1,300 shops opens in Kabul, boosting business, jobs, and investment in Afghanistan.
![Pakistan’s first lunar rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-8 mission in 2028, marking a milestone in the space program of Pakistan. [Image via CNSA]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Icube-Q-sun-moon-2024-CNSA-1.webp "Icube-Q-sun-moon-2024-CNSA-1")
Pakistan’s first lunar rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-8 mission in 2028, marking a milestone in the space program of Pakistan.
![Taliban fighters in armored vehicles, armed with America’s abandoned arsenal in Afghanistan, take part in a military street parade in Herat, Afghanistan, on April 19. [Image via AFP via Getty Images].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Afghanistan-US-weapons-GettyImages-1240084574.webp "Afghanistan-US-weapons-GettyImages-1240084574")
America’s abandoned arsenal in Afghanistan isn’t just collecting dust—it’s arming terror groups like TTP and ISKP.