Taliban-led insurgent violence has spiked in Afghanistan with the onset of spring, prompting fears this year could see record levels of bloodshed across the war-torn country
Militant spokesman says such attacks will continue 'until the implementation of an Islamic system in Pakistan'
Taliban bomb-and-gun assault on well-guarded building linked to National Directorate for Security, killed nearly 70 people, mostly security forces, wounded another 347 people, many of them civilians
Local media puts number of fired army officers at 11, describing move as unprecedented in history of Pakistani army
Police officials told reporters the fatalities occurred in two separate attacks minutes apart, but no polio workers were hurt
Latest casualty figures indicate Tuesday attack was deadliest insurgent strike in Afghan capital since Taliban was ousted from power in 2001
Blast happens near several government ministries and military offices, shattering windows several kilometers away and sending large plume of black smoke in air
Violence-related activities last year killed 31 health workers and personnel associated with the education sector, wounded another 58, and saw 115 abducted
UN agency blames Taliban-led anti-government forces for causing at least 60 percent of casualties, and attributing 19 percent of the casualties to actions by Afghan government forces, allies
Move came as police, paramilitary forces have been struggling for days to dislodge so-called 'Chotoo' gang believed to be deeply entrenched in island in center of Indus River
Newly declassified US document says Pakistan's ISI paid $200,000 to Haqqani network to carry out deadly bombing
District governor Gahlib Mujahid said an airstrike targeted a meeting of IS fighters that was underway in the Pikha Lataband area
Gwadar shipping port is located in Baluchistan province where separatist groups have, for decades, waged guerrilla attacks against key government facilities; port built with Chinese financial and technical assistance
‘Hostile intelligence agencies’ look to undermine extensive package of railroads, highways, pipelines and power plants to connect China to Arabian Sea, Pakistan's military chief says
The US, China and Pakistan cooperated with Afghanistan to try to arrange peace talks between the Taliban and the Kabul government in early March
Defense ministry says bomber rammed his explosives-packed three wheeler, or rickshaw, into bus traveling to Kabul from Jalalabad
A main political rival in Pakistan has demanded that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down, after documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm revealed his children own several offshore companies
Positions play central role in tackling growing Taliban insurgency, combating endemic corruption in Afghan institutions
Afghanistan increasingly blame neighboring Pakistan for lack of progress
Religious charity, known as Jamat-ud-Dawa is designated by US as a 'foreign terrorist' organization
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