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Taliban members stand in front of a portrait of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as they attend a ceremony at the governor's office after being released by authorities in Herat.

May 03, 1399

Taliban Propose Potential Afghan Talks Timeline As Violence Soars

The Taliban are prepared to hold peace talks with the Afghan government next month straight after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the insurgents said on July 23, provided an ongoing prisoner swap has been completed.

Blood samples donated by recovered novel coronavirus patients for plasma extraction (file photo)

May 01, 1399

Pakistanis Risk Unproven Plasma Treatment In Virus Fight

Pakistanis with COVID-19 are risking their lives and navigating a shady black market to get blood plasma transfusions despite scant medical proof about the remedy's effectiveness.

FILE: The wreckage of a state-run Pakistan International Airlines, Airbus A320 lies amid houses days after it crashed in the southern seaport city of Karachi in May 24.

April 26, 1399

Pakistan Validates Licenses Of Most Pilots Working For Foreign Airlines

Pakistani authorities said on July 16 they had confirmed the credentials of almost all Pakistani pilots working for foreign airlines.

FILE: Laborers work on trenches on a hill to help improve the capital Kabul's water supply, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in June.

April 21, 1399

Virus-hit Afghanistan Gets $200 Million World Bank Grant

A Pakistani laborer pulls a cart loaded with mango crates at a fruit market in Islamabad.

April 18, 1399

Export Gloom Sours Pakistan's Prized Mango Season

An Afghan policeman keeps watch outside of a hospital that came under attack in Kabul on May 13.

April 02, 1399

Afghan Healthcare Deliberately Targeted, Says UN

A soldier stands guard along the border fence outside the Kitton outpost on the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan (file photo)

April 02, 1399

Two Pakistani Soldiers Killed In A Clash With Militants

Afghans shout slogans during a protest against the Iranian regime and demand justice for Afghans allegedly killed by the Iranian security forces, in Jalalabad, on June 8.

April 02, 1399

Afghan Foreign Minister Visits Iran Amid Tensions Over Migrant Deaths

Pakistani security officials stand guard at a the scene of a blast in Ghotki, Sindh Province on June 19.

March 30, 1399

Two Blasts Kill Four In Southern Pakistan

Separate bomb and grenade attacks killed at least four people including security personnel in southern Pakistan on June 19, police said.

March 28, 1399

Pakistan Turns Plague Of Locusts Into Food For Fowl

Farmers and communities badly affected by Pakistan's biggest locust invasion in 25 years are being paid to collect the insects in an effort to support them through the crisis. The insects are being used in chicken feed by the country's largest animal-feed producer.

FILE: An Afghan army convoy in the southern province of Kandahar.

March 25, 1399

Afghanistan Says Over 400 Security Personnel Killed Or Wounded By Taliban In Past Week

The Taliban have killed or wounded more than 400 Afghan security personnel over the past week, Afghanistan's interior ministry said, accusing the insurgents of increasing attacks ahead of expected peace talks.

Taliban prisoners await their release from Bagram Prison, north of Kabul, on May 26.

March 21, 1399

Freed Taliban Prisoners Eye Return To The Battlefield

Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan said most of the remaining restrictions across the country would be lifted.

March 21, 1399

WHO Calls For New Lockdowns In Pakistan As Virus Surges

FILE: Pro-government militiamen in Badakhshan, Afghanistan.

March 17, 1399

Bomb Blamed On Taliban Kills 11 Pro-govt Afghan Militiamen

A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan killed 11 pro-government militiamen when it tore through a truck in a pre-dawn attack on June 6 that officials blamed on the Taliban.

A municipal worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at a local radio station in the northeastern Kunduz Province on June 3.

March 15, 1399

Uphill Task For Taliban As Virus Spreads In Militant Bastions

The Taliban boasted of their readiness to fight the deadly coronavirus when it first reached Afghanistan, but now the insurgents are struggling to curb its spread in their strongholds.