Abdel al-Jubeir meeting with country’s political, military leaders on Sunni-majority kingdom’s rising tensions with regional rival Shi’ite Iran
Fighting in Marjah in restive Helmand province erupted a day earlier when Afghan forces launched a counter-offensive to try to recapture lost territory
Provincial governor’s office says security forces killed at least 15 IS fighters near conflict zone late Monday
Police say the bomber apparently wanted to target a convoy of foreign forces
Afghan officials say security forces have killed all 4 heavily armed assailants who were holed up in a building near India's consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif
Militants claim seizure of 34 of country's nearly 400 districts in 2015, say most of them remain under their control
Afghan president says state determined to eliminate threat IS poses, citing stepped up operations against the group
Counterterrorism forces raided a suspected militant training center in eastern Sialkot city in Punjab province earlier this week
Sartaj Aziz, foreign policy adviser to Pakistani PM says meeting will discuss ways to resume, sustain Afghan reconciliation talks
Jamaat ul Ahrar, which is part of the anti-state alliance of Islamist groups called Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has claimed responsibility for the bombing
All the detainees are reported to be from Punjab; Nine of them told investigators they had recently returned from Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan pledge to jointly work for early resumption of peace talks between Kabul and Taliban and 'sternly' deal with insurgent groups who refuse to quit violence, join the process
Recent video purportedly shows man being beheaded and two others being shot at close range in back of the head, although authenticity of video could not be immediately verified
Helmand's deputy governor told VOA Thursday that at least 45 Taliban fighters have been killed and many more wounded in air raids
Taliban advances in restive province prompts Britain to send a group of military advisers to help local forces in countering insurgents
Militant group's spokesman says suicide bomber riding motorbike carried out attack near Bagram airbase
The Taliban claims Afghans seeking asylum are purchasing fake threat letters to bolster their claims for asylum abroad
Development comes as provincial deputy governor issues deperate Facebook please to President Ghani to 'please save Helmand from tragedy'
Ash Carter, in visit to eastern Afghanistan, underscores emerging threat posed by Islamic State, acknowledges Taliban advances
Pakistan is reporting progress in pacifying Taliban strongholds that have been at the center of long-running tensions with Kabul
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