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Afghanistan withdraws all of its senior diplomats from Pakistan after the abduction and alleged torture of the ambassador's daughter in Islamabad. Pakistan calls Kabul's decision "regrettable" and says that they should reconsider.
2021-07-19

Pakistani Chief of Air Staff Sohail Aman warns India not to escalate tensions in the disputed territory of Kashmir under the threat of a full-scale war. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urges both sides to restrain themselves while on a diplomatic mission to Islamabad.
2016-11-24

The Afghan Taliban releases a statement rejecting peace talks with the government of Afghanistan until foreign forces stop attacking their positions and withdraw from the country. Direct peace talks between the government and the Taliban were expected to take place in Islamabad, Pakistan next week.
2016-03-5

Pakistani protesters armed with sticks and stones clash with police in the centre of Islamabad after protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif turn violent. All schools in the capital have been closed as a result of the clashes.
2014-09-1

A bomb blast in a market kills 26 people in the outskirts of the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
2014-04-9

Australia temporarily closes its High Commission in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. It says it fears violent protests aimed at Western countries as a result of recent controversies.
2012-09-21

Heavy monsoon rains delay the salvage of the wreckage of Airblue Flight 202 near Islamabad, Pakistan.
2010-07-29

Airblue Flight 202 crashes in the Margalla Hills outside Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard.
2010-07-28

Indian Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna goes to Islamabad for talks with his counterpart of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, for the first time since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
2010-07-14

India arrests a woman working at its embassy in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on charges of espionage.
2010-04-27