Pakistani officials say violent clashes have erupted between police and Islamists in the eastern city of Lahore.

At least 11 TLP members were killed in Lahore clashes with police as the party staged pro-Palestinian protests, prompting lockdowns and an internet shutdown in major cities.

Several thousand members of a hard-right Pakistan Islamist party began marching towards the capital on Saturday, after violent clashes with police during anti-Israel protests in the eastern city of Lahore.

Pakistan has warned of a new war with India after 11 of its soldiers were killed by a terrorist group it claims New Delhi backs.

Violent clashes broke out in Lahore on Saturday between police and the hardline Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), after authorities tried to stop protesters marching towards Islamabad for a pro-Palestinian rally.

Once operational, the mine is estimated to generate about $150bn in revenue over four decades. Since 1993 various international companies have tried to make the mine work. Financial, legal and political concerns stopped them.

The clarification follows earlier reports suggesting Islamabad had been added as a recipient of newly produced AMRAAMs under a September 30 Department of War contract announcement. Several media outlets interpreted the amendment as a potential arms supply of new missiles to Pakistan.

Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban.

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Pakistan's military says its security forces have killed 30 militants in multiple raids on Pakistani Taliban hideouts in the country's northwestern region where insurgents this week ambushed a security convoy,