Afghanistan has sent its first exports shipment to India through Iran's strategic Chabahar Port.
The United Nations says a record number of Afghan civilians were killed in 2018, blaming the increase on unprecedented suicide bombings by militant groups and air strikes carried out by U.S.-led forces.
The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan has called on the Afghan government to create a "unified, inclusive, and national negotiating team" to join in peace talks with Taliban negotiators.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called the standoff between Pakistan and India a "very dangerous situation" and warned that New Delhi is considering "something very strong" after an attack on its forces in the disputed region of Kashmir.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended all Indian applications to host future events and called for the country’s international sports isolation after two Pakistanis were denied visas for a competition in New Delhi.
A quarter of the seats in Afghanistan's parliament must be held by women. Those who run for office say it is still a man's world, as women face harassment on the campaign trail.
Retaliatory strikes could eventually escalate into a full-fledged war between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear-armed countries have already fought three wars and spend a large part of their national resources on maintaining two of the world’s largest militaries.
Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul over his remark that Afghan peace talks could be affected if India resorted to violence against Pakistan in response to last week's deadly suicide attack on Indian troops in disputed Kashmir.
An Indian citizen on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying committed "terrorist" acts on New Delhi's orders, lawyers representing Islamabad told the UN's top court on the second day of a hearing over the fate of the man.
The United States has called on Pakistan to punish those behind a deadly suicide attack on Indian troops in disputed Kashmir amid escalating tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.
The museum is an effort to heal the invisible wounds of millions of Afghans who have endured violence, destruction, and displacement since 1979.
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