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A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan overnight from Sunday, November 2, to Monday, November 3, with its epicenter located in Balkh province, near the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. According to the Afghan Ministry of Health and the United......
At least three people were killed and five others injured, including children, after a truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities confirmed on Sunday. The tragic incident occurred in Laghman Province, when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle on a sharp bend due to mechanical......
A 20-year-old Afghan man has been formally charged and placed in pre-trial detention in Paris for participation in a terrorist criminal association and financing a terrorist enterprise, according to France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT). The suspect was arrested on......
Talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan aimed at reaching a ceasefire are expected to “probably resume” in Istanbul after collapsing on Wednesday, a Pakistani security source told AFP. The negotiations, mediated by Turkey and Qatar, began last Saturday in Istanbul and were......
ISLAMABAD — Peace talks aimed at securing a long-term truce between Afghanistan and Pakistan concluded in Istanbul without a “workable solution,” Pakistan’s information minister said on Wednesday, marking a setback for regional stability after deadly border......
After days of escalating clashes that left dozens dead, Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” and the creation of mechanisms aimed at ensuring lasting peace and stability, according to a statement released by the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. The......
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” following high-level talks held Saturday in Qatar, aimed at restoring calm along their tense border after clashes that left dozens dead, Doha announced on Sunday. During the negotiations, “both parties agreed to an immediate......
Kabul, October 17, 2025 — Tensions have flared once again along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border after Islamabad reportedly carried out airstrikes inside Afghan territory on Friday evening. According to Taliban officials, the attacks killed at least ten civilians, including two children, breaking......
The trial of a 28-year-old Afghan, who stabbed a group of children in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, killing a child and an adult, opened on Thursday, eight months after the attack. During six days of hearings running until October 30, debates will focus on the mental state of Enamullah O., whose psychiatric......
Nearly 20 Afghan Taliban fighters were killed on Wednesday in new clashes along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, the Pakistani army said in a statement. “Early this morning, an attack was carried out by Afghan Taliban forces at the border,” the army declared. “In response to......
Islamabad on Sunday vowed a “firm and forceful” response after Afghanistan’s Taliban-run defence ministry said it had carried out a retaliatory operation overnight against Pakistani forces along the shared border. The Taliban ministry said the operation was launched “in response......
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) claimed responsibility on Saturday for a series of deadly attacks that killed 23 people in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the Afghan border. According to security officials, the assaults were carried out on Friday, targeting law enforcement and paramilitary......
The Taliban’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in India on Thursday for a historic two-day visit, marking the first time a senior member of Afghanistan’s Taliban government has traveled to New Delhi. The visit is seen as part of Kabul’s broader effort to gain international......