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Iran offers to help ease Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed Tehran’s readiness to play a constructive role in reducing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, stressing dialogue and regional cooperation as the only viable path toward stability, Tasnim News Agency reported. According to the report, Araghchi said Iran is prepared to assist both neighbouring countries in resolving their differences and urged continued diplomatic engagement to prevent further escalation. He underscored that stability between Pakistan and Afghanistan is crucial for broader regional peace and security. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi expressed Tehran’s readiness to assist in easing tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.https://t.co/yoFUYkv7IX pic.twitter.com/PlHQQv8fNQ — Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) April 23, 2026 Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated into sustained cross-border hostilities following a series of militant attacks and retaliatory strikes, prompting a sharp deterior...
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Pentagon assesses clearing Hormuz mines could take 6 months: report

US defence officials briefed lawmakers this week on an intelligence assessment that it could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Furthermore, any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the US-Israeli war with Iran comes to an end, members of the House Armed Services Committee were told on Tuesday, according to the report. This means gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the US midterm elections. Iran may have emplaced 20 or more mines in and around the strait. Some were floated remotely using GPS technology, which has made it difficult for US forces to detect the mines as they are deployed, a senior defence official told lawmakers. Others are believed to have been laid by Iranian forces using small boats. Also Read: US told Israel ceasefire with Iran will expire on Sunday: Israeli media The disclosure was made in a classified briefing for lawmakers, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell acknowledged in a statement, while criticising the related reports as "inaccurate." "As we said in March, one assessment does not mean the assessment is plausible, and a six-month closure of the Strait of Hormuz is an impossibility and completely unacceptable to the (Defence) Secretary," Parnell said, without specifying how long it could take. US President Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that there is "no time frame" for ending the US-Israeli war with Iran.

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