Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 said the Islamic State (IS) militant group has thousands of fighters in northern Afghanistan, as Moscow prepares to host international talks next week on the situation in the country.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing criticism for claiming that Pashtuns, the country’s largest ethnic minority, are sympathetic to the Taliban.
Taliban representatives have confirmed they will attend next week's talks on Afghanistan due to be held in Moscow next week, a senior Russian official said October 15.
At least 32 people were killed and 53 injured in an explosion on October 15 at a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday Prayers, a hospital official said.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, a group of Afghan women, and a jailed Bolivian opposition politician are the final three candidates for the European Parliament's top human rights prize.
Worried about militant threats, Chinese troops have built some structures and lookout towers in Tajikistan as part of a growing security presence focused on Afghanistan. RFE/RL reports on the base from the Afghan-Tajik border.
A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will hold talks in Turkey on October 14 with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
A Taliban police chief has been killed and 11 people wounded in a bomb blast in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province, in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities say.
Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Masud briefly visited Dushanbe for Afghan peace talks mediated by Tajikistan and Pakistan, but the Taliban failed to show up, several sources say.
Afghanistan classical music traditions are endangered by Taliban bans on singing or playing musical instruments. But groups that perform Taliban-approved “music-less songs” are proliferating.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted the United States ignored Afghanistan's history and culture when it invaded, as he lamented what he said was a tragedy in the country.
The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) militant group has intensified its attacks against the Taliban, its rival, since the latter seized power in Afghanistan. Experts say the escalating violence between the two militant outfits marks the start of a new phase in the country’s decades-old conflict.
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