Pakistan summons Taliban diplomat over Karachi attack
The move came hours after the Taliban summoned Pakistan's chargé d'affaires in Kabul over cross-border airstrikes.
Security
Security
Taliban summon Pakistani diplomat over deadly airstrikes in east
Taliban lodged a formal protest after saying Pakistani airstrikes killed 36 civilians.
Immigration
Pakistan orders immediate arrest of Afghans without valid visas
The directive instructs authorities nationwide to accelerate the detention and deportation of undocumented Afghan nationals and those with expired visas.
Security
Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes killed 36 ‘civilians’ in eastern Afghanistan
Pakistan has said the overnight strikes targeted militant hideouts and killed 25 members of the Pakistani Taliban and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
Security
Pakistan strikes three areas in eastern Afghanistan again
Taliban say “dozens” of civilians, including women and children, were killed or wounded in the strikes.
Afghanistan
Residents say water shortages worsen in northwestern Afghanistan
Badghis residents say declining groundwater levels have left hundreds of families relying on a single well.
Afghanistan
Five killed as floods, storms hit parts of Afghanistan
The ANDMA says severe weather over the past 48 hours damaged homes, roads and farmland in at least eight provinces.
Media
Two Tamadon TV employees held by Taliban for six days, director says
The broadcaster's director says the two employees remain in detention without a court order after Taliban forces shut down the.
Human Rights
Ashura observed under tight Taliban restrictions
Shia leaders and worshippers say Taliban imposed new limits on Muharram ceremonies, including ban on flags in some places.
Afghanistan
UN says Afghanistan’s opium collapse is reshaping global heroin market
The UNODC warns that methamphetamine trafficking remains resilient and shortages of Afghan heroin could accelerate the spread of more dangerous.