Meanwhile, UN has condemned killing of 12 civilians in Thursday’s roadside bombing in southeastern Afghanistan
Suicide blast has killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 70 inside crowded shi'ite shrine
Spike in militant violence in Pakistan comes after months of lull
Pressure builds on Trump to harden policy toward Islamabad for allowing haven to the Taliban and its ally, the terrorist Haqqani network
UN quickly responded to Human Rights Watch report issued Monday
Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility
US military has already launched own investigation intoincident in southern Helmand province
US military says it is providing air support to Afghan forces
Attack takes place in Lashkar Gah, capital of embattled southern Helmand province; at least 7 people dead, officials say
Deaths result of fighting in Helmand province between US-supported government forces and Taliban insurgents; all victims members of one family
New Delhi has stockpile of fissile material for production of nuclear weapons outside IAEA safeguards, Islamabad alleges
Suspected Islamist militants reportedly killed six ICRC aid workers, abducted two others after ambushing their convoy in northern Jowzjan province
Officials say two ICRC workers also abducted
Russian foreign minister says China, Pakistan, Iran, India and Afghanistan already have confirmed their participation
No immediate claim of responsibility, details still coming in
The armed conflict in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of around 25,000 Afghan civilians since 2009
Officials say avalanche caused by heavy snowfall struck remote village in eastern province of Nuristan, raising nationwide death toll in past three days to nearly 100 in such incidents
Top official says Islamabad would not want case of jailed doctor who helped US hunt down Osama bin Laden to become ‘irritant’ in relations
Thanks to a peace deal with the Afghan government, the assets freeze, travel band and arms embargo no longer apply to warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
The overnight massacre took place at a security outpost in the Almar district in the province of Fayrab
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