Republican lawmakers who have been briefed about reports alleging that Russia paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan are calling for consequences for Russia, if the reports are true.
Questions are being raised about Russia's real motives in Afghanistan.
India's prime minister was set to meet with top opposition leaders on June 19 as the government tries to diffuse tensions with China after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash in a Himalayan border region.
The Indian army says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed after hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops at a disputed border site, the deadliest clash in decades.
For the Hindus of Pakistan, Modi's long-held commitment to providing them refuge has drawn more and more across the border even before the new law was enacted.
The deaths of three Afghan migrants in a car blaze in Iran have provoked outrage in Afghanistan, after reports that the vehicle went up in flames after being shot at by Iranian police.
A quarterly report by the U.S. Department of Defense to Congress has noted Pakistani continued support for Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban movement in violence in the country.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a probe into the drowning of several Afghan migrants last week after reports that Iranian border guards allegedly forced them into a river.
Iranian border guards have been accused of torturing and then forcing a group of Afghan migrants to jump into a river, where some of them reportedly drowned.
As the United States and its allies begin what looks like a final drawdown of their forces from Afghanistan, China appears to be expanding its role and influence in the country.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for a "thorough investigation" into "shocking" allegations that Iranian border guards beat and then forced a group of Afghan migrants into a river.
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