ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asked Afghanistan’s administration to choose between his country and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a visit to the northwestern Bannu city after 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush and 35 militants shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this week. Relations between the two neighboring countries began to fray after a wave of deadly suicide bombings in Pakistan two years ago that Islamabad blamed on TTP fighters it said were based across the border.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asked Afghanistan’s administration to choose between his country and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a…

KABUL: The Pakistani prime minister’s accusations of Afghan involvement in cross-border attacks are likely to further strain relations between the two neighbors, experts say,…