Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government says it is investigating reports that rockets have been fired into Tajikistan from Afghan territory.
A surge in deadly attacks by the IS-K militant group on religious minorities has busted the Taliban's claims that it has established "security" in Afghanistan. Despite the Taliban's claim that it has "defeated" IS-K, the group remains resilient and regularly attacks Taliban fighters and officials.
The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed responsibility on May 1 for a bomb attack on a passenger bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the previous day.
The leader of Kabul's Khalifa Sahib Mosque, which was targeted by an apparent suicide bombing on April 29 as worshipers gathered, has claimed that more than 50 people died in the attack.
The first suicide attack by a female Baluch separatist in Pakistan represents a dangerous turn in a two-decade insurgency. This week's attack -- which killed four, including three Chinese citizens -- hints that separatists are becoming more radicalized in the absence of a political settlement.
A collection of small resistance groups are mounting armed resistance to the hard-line Taliban-led government by launching attacks in several provinces.
Three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver were killed on April 26 in a blast carried out by an apparent suicide bomber on a van belonging to a Chinese language and cultural center that is part of the University of Karachi, officials said.
Pakistan and the Taliban have been allies for decades. But since the militants regained power in Afghanistan, border disputes and unprecedented air strikes by Pakistan have exacerbated already simmering tensions.
A roadside blast in Kabul has injured at least two children, the fifth explosion this week in the Afghan capital.
At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in three blasts that rocked a boys' school in a Shi'ite Hazara neighborhood of Kabul on April 19, police in the Afghan capital said.
Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an attack in the country’s restive North Waziristan tribal region.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned a top Afghan Embassy official to protest violence against Iranian diplomatic posts that were targeted by protesters angered over social media videos.
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