Faction led by fugitive former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar disagrees with government on presence of US-led international troops in Afghanistan
Letter urges President Ashraf Ghani to take urgent steps to stop Afghans, recruited by Iran, from taking part in conflict
Officials in eastern Afghanistan say dead include top commanders, and many more wounded in days of ground and air raids near the border with Pakistan
Militants also reject assertions that bombing operations ever paused; increase will be met with 'harsher' reaction, spokesman says
Clashes in district of Kot in Nangahar province continued into morning, leaving at least 30 IS militants dead
High Commissioner Filippo Grandi urges Islamabad 'not to adopt rushed solutions' for sending displaced population back to Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban splinter faction claims it assassinated Amjad Sabri, one of South Asia’s most popular Sufi singers
Amjad Sabri, 45, performed Sufi devotional music called Qawwali; he was fatally shot in his car Wednesday
Insurgents threatened to punish hostages if any links to anti-Taliban security operations were established
Meeting followed days of deadly clashes between the two countries across the busy Torkham border crossing
Taliban claims responsibility for attacks in Kabul that killed, among others, 14 Nepalese nationals
Weeklong clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces across Torkham stranded thousands of travelers on both sides
Hamza Ali Abbasi had urged local media not to ignore persecution or killings of members of the Ahmadi community — declared non-Muslim by Pakistan in 1974
NATO-led Coalition urges countries to resolve dispute through talks; potential for escalation worries the mission
Countries agree to cease-fire after days of skirmishes that killed four soldiers, wounded more than 40 people, including civilians
Skirmishes kill Pakistani Army major, 2 Afghan soldiers; up to 30 people wounded on both sides which blame each other for uptick in violence
Hours-long overnight skirmishes left one person dead and 18 others wounded
Taliban calls move 'futile,' saying it will not give up its armed resistance
Assault on police headquarters in Haska Mena district in Nangarhar province triggers hourslong firefight that leaves at least 15 IS assailants dead and seven wounded
Traditionally uneasy ties between Islamabad and Washington recently strained when drone strike killed Afghan Taliban chief on Pakistani soil
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