ISLAMABAD -- ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan ’s military on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan is becoming a “hub for terrorists and non-state actors,” widening its allegations to assert that its Taliban government is patronizing al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban.

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By Ariba Shahid and Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are in talks to convert about $2 billion of Saudi loans into a JF-17 fighter jet deal, two Pakistani sources said, deepening military cooperation months after the two nations signed a mutual defence pact last year.

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The air force chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh held talks on a potential pact covering the sale of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Dhaka, Pakistan's military said, as Islamabad widens its arms supply ambitions and beefs up ties with Bangladesh.

Pakistan recorded its deadliest year of violence in a decade, with gunfights, airstrikes, and suicide bombings marking much of 2025, as relations with neighboring Afghanistan deteriorated.

The TTP’s growing attacks in Pakistan from sanctuaries in Afghanistan led to serious frictions with Kabul. Attacks by Baloch insurgents became more audacious in 2025.

Islamabad undoubtedly sees the Middle East and North Africa region as a market for the JF-17 and would've liked to have exported the fighter sooner and to more countries.

According to Pakistan’s military, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu and his Bangladeshi counterpart Hasan Mahmood Khan discussed in detail the potential acquisition of the JF-17 Thunder, a multi-role combat aircraft co-developed by Pakistan and China.

The recent China-Pakistan engagements show that Beijing is pleased with Islamabad’s growing diplomatic and strategic role in the region and beyond. More importantly, Beijing seems to prefer — and actively supports — as its partner, a Pakistan that is economically stable and capable of exerting greater influence outside its borders.

China is willing to intensify cooperation with Pakistan in fighting terrorism and telecom crime, Wang Xiaohong, China's public security minister, said in a meeting with Pakistan's interior and counter-narcotics minister in Beijing on Wednesday.