Regional military commander claimed IS Afghan chief has also been killed in security operations, but US wouldn't confirm
A splinter faction of Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State have both claimed responsibility
Islamabad, however, welcomed US decision to blacklist anti-Pakistan militant group it said is sheltering in Afghanistan
Herat provincial police spokesman says attack took place in Chishti Sharif area shortly after tourists arrived from central Bamiyan province
Samia Shahid, 28, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, died last month while visiting ill member of her family in village in Punjab province; husband says wife had been in good health
Tiny pagan minority has crossed ‘all limits’ of an endangered culture because of official inaction on conversion efforts
Pakistan exploring legal measures against educational and other institutions linked to Muslim cleric and alleged Turkish coup plotter
Authorities say security forces killed nearly 300 IS militants during month-long offensive in Kot district of Nangarhar province
Government says Beijing should not provide 'a platform' to groups that are involved in killing of Afghans
Human Rights Watch probe finds militia members linked to ex-warlord Dostum were behind civilian deaths and other abuses in Faryab
Taliban fighters staged surprise assault on Khanashin overnight and fighting was still continuing in parts of district, officials say
Report says Afghan government lost control of approximately 5 percent of the country's districts in the first five months of this year, and its military loses nearly one third of its forces to attrition each year
Authorities in Pakistan say tens of thousands of families who took refuge in Afghanistan two years ago have until Monday to register to return home
Hafiz Saeed currently lives in Lahore in fortified compound and Pakistani authorities have refused to detain him over alleged terrorist ties
IS suicide bombing of protest rally in Kabul Saturday prompts stepped up security offensive against loyalists of terror group
Construction of Torkham Gate triggered deadly clashes between Pakistani and Afghan military forces
More than 5,100 civilians — including 1,500 children — have been killed in first six months of 2016, UN reports
Thousands of Pakistani students are enrolled in Gulen's commercial network of around two dozen institutions operating in Pakistan for over two decades
Islamic State warns Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras, who are mostly Shi'ite Muslims, against joining fight in Syria
Provincial governor says that 'most parts' of district Qala-e-Zal in Kunduz province 'fell to the Taliban' overnight and troops have launched counteroffensives to retake control
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