World Nov 11 A suicide bomber targeted an Islamabad court, killing 12 people and wounding 27, official says By Munir Ahmed, Ishtiaq Mahsud, Associated Press
World Nov 08 Pakistan-Afghanistan peace talks break down in Istanbul amid rising border tensions Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have ended without agreement, with the sides trading blame for the breakdown in negotiations aimed at easing border tensions and upholding a fragile ceasefire, officials said Saturday. By Sajjad Tarakzai, Associated Pres
World Nov 03 Powerful 6.3 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20 and damaging historic Blue Mosque A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the historic Blue Mosque, officials said. By Abdul Qahar Afghan, Siddiqullah Alizai, Associated Press
Nation Oct 31 Watch 8:15 Afghan man detained by immigration agents despite following legal asylum procedures The Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda has included efforts to cut back on both illegal and legal pathways into the country. Thursday, the president set the lowest-ever cap on refugee entries at 7,500 per year. At the same time, more than… By Amna Nawaz, Ian Couzens
World Oct 19 Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to respect ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, pledged on Sunday to respect a ceasefire. By Riazat Butt, Associated Press
Oct 16 Taliban government blames Pakistan for drone strikes on Afghanistan By Siddiqullah Alizai, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Afghanistan’s Taliban government says Pakistan carried out two drone strikes on Kabul the day before. Continue reading
Oct 12 Afghanistan kills dozens of Pakistani soldiers in cross-border attack, Taliban government says By Associated Press Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and a market in the country’s east. Pakistan did not claim responsibility for the assault. Continue reading
Sep 18 WATCH: Trump says U.S. ‘trying to get’ Bagram Air Base back from Afghan government By Associated Press In a news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Donald Trump described his call for the U.S. military to re-establish a beachhead in Afghanistan as “breaking news” but he has previously raised the idea. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 6:46 ‘We gave everything’: Afghan allies abandoned by U.S. share fears of life under Taliban By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev As the American war in Afghanistan ended four years ago, thousands of Afghans who had worked with the United States, and believed in the American-led war against the Taliban, were left behind. Many of them are still there after the… Continue watching
Sep 04 Death toll from Afghan earthquake jumps to 2,205, the Taliban say By Associated Press A 6.0 magnitude quake struck several provinces of the mountainous and remote east on Sunday night, levelling villages and trapping people under rubble. Continue reading