The bombing comes as America’s peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, has begun another visit to the region to push political reconciliation between Afghanistan’s warring sides
Separately, the United States military reported it has also conducted airstrikes in the south and elsewhere to disrupt 'coordinated' Taliban attacks against Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
France-based organization laments that last week was deadly for Afghan media personnel, with two killed by an Islamic State-claimed bombing and two killed by COVID-19
The national tally of patients has surpassed 80,000, from about 16,000 reported April 30
UN report accused the Afghan insurgency of failing to fulfil counterterrorism pledges
Government, activist groups condemn bombing of Kurshid TV vehicle; IS claims responsibility
The Afghan Defense Ministry said insurgents assaulted outposts in Paktia’s Dand-e-Patan district, which borders Pakistan, late Thursday, but Afghan border forces repulsed the attack and inflicted “heavy casualties” on the Taliban
'We are acting as a police force, not the fighting force that we are, in Afghanistan,' US president says
New Delhi’s rare offer of cooperation comes amid escalating military tensions with Islamabad over disputed Kashmir region, worsening historically strained relations between nuclear-armed neighbors
US top diplomat also calls on both sides to expedite a Taliban prisoner swap and to move urgently to intra-Afghan peace negotiations
Cease-fire begins Sunday; move comes as fighting between two sides had intensified despite coronavirus pandemic
Statement by Alice Wells, outgoing principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, comes as Indian and Pakistani troops are locked in almost daily skirmishes across their de facto Kashmir border, known as the Line of Control
US secretary of state calls on all Afghan sides, including Taliban, to reduce violence
The war in Afghanistan has intensified with the onset of the traditional summer fighting season
An improvised explosive device hit a convoy in Baluchistan
Supreme Court warned that continued economic restrictions could have 'highly detrimental' consequences for Pakistanis
An area police officer said Sunday the girls, aged 16 and 18, were shot dead last week in the deeply conservative North Waziristan district, bordering Afghanistan
US pharmaceutical firm Gilead recently signed agreement with Pakistani counterpart to help produce, export medicine
Gunmen in suicide vests stormed Kabul maternity ward, killing 24
Afghan officials confirmed the collective death toll from Tuesday's attacks on a hospital and a funeral to be at least 56, with women and babies among the victims
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