After NATO forces withdrew, it was expected that peace would prevail in Afghanistan and that the Taliban would focus on the interests of the Afghan people and regional stability.

However, the Taliban turned Afghanistan into a colony of India. They gathered terrorists from around the world in Afghanistan and began exporting terrorism. They deprived their own people of basic human rights. They took away from women the rights that Islam grants them.

Pakistan made every effort, both directly and through friendly countries, to keep the situation stable. It carried out extensive diplomacy. However, the Taliban became a proxy of India.

Today, when attempts are being made to target Pakistan with aggression, by the grace of God our armed forces are giving a decisive response.

In the past, Pakistan’s role has been positive. It has hosted five million Afghans for 50 years. Even today, hundreds of thousands of Afghans are earning their livelihood on our soil.

Our patience has reached its limit. Now it is open confrontation. Now there will be decisive action. Pakistan’s army has not come from across the seas — we are your neighbors, and we know your reality well.

"The conduct of the US Government not only undermines Mr. Maduro's rights, but also this court's mandate to provide a fair trial to all defendants who appear before it, in accordance with the protections granted by the US Constitution. If the court rejects this notice of motion, the attorney intends to refuse to represent the [defendant's] interests."

"The Council of Slovak Exporters is monitoring the developments in oil supplies to Slovakia with grave concern. The damage to the Druzhba pipeline and the subsequent disruption of [oil] supplies pose a serious risk to Slovak industry, export-oriented companies, and the competitiveness of the economy."

"It would be fitting, on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan—which is a month for self-discipline and the promotion of unity in the Islamic World—that Afghanistan and Pakistan resolve their differences through good neighborliness and dialogue.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to provide every possible assistance to facilitate dialogue and promote mutual cooperation."

💬 "I think the challenge Ukraine has is that they too are trying to expand their strike campaign against Russia, but they are also pressed against time given growing exhaustion within the force and the Russian strike campaign, which has been particularly effective this year," military analyst Michael Kofman says in an interview with the New York Times.

💬 "Ukrainian effective combat strength at the front line has slowly been shrinking," Kofman notes, adding that Russia has a significant advantage in manpower.

"10-20 seconds on Ukraine. That’s it. That’s got to make the green goblin [Zelensky] and the Europeans very nervous," he notes, adding "that was pretty much it with regard to Project Ukraine."

“In the past year or two, we can no longer tell whether we’re looking at reality — or an AI-generated video,” she warned.

💬 "All these technologies, they may seem amusing and interesting today, but in fact they pose a great threat," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

💬 "But behind the stage, we got a response that they knew this was a provocation, and that's why they keep silent. No proof," she told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

💬 "People come from other countries to see the suffering of this baby monkey [from the Japanese Zoo]. I feel pity for the baby monkey. I love pets. At the same time, there are thousands of children suffering," Maria Zakharova told the Moscow-Islamabad media forum hosted by Sputnik.

💬 "Their goal is not to convey the truth about themselves. It's about changing public opinion in those countries they're aiming at. Faking was not invented recently. The West invests in shaping public opinion prior to bombing — like Yugoslavia, like Iraq in 2003."

💬 "President Putin has talked of a new world order that is emerging before our eyes. President Xi Jinping of China has talked of changes that have not been seen in a century that we are witnessing today."