Pakistan says it is downgrading its relations with nuclear rival India, suspending bilateral trade, and expelling New Delhi's top envoy, as tensions soar over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
At least 14 people have been killed and 145 wounded after a Taliban suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside a police station in Kabul, according to the Afghan Public Health Ministry.
The Indian-administered portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir remains under an indefinite security lockdown after lawmakers on August 6 stripped statehood from the Himalayan region and the government revoked its special autonomy.
Afghan troops besieged by the Taliban for more than a week in a remote district of central Afghanistan are desperate for reinforcements and help.
The United States says it is closely following events in Kashmir after India revoked the special status of the Indian-administered part of the Himalayan region.
India has revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching political move on the troubled Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades.
India has deployed more troops and ordered thousands of visitors out of Indian-controlled Kashmir, while Pakistan’s leader has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate the long-standing dispute over the Himalayan region.
Two people were killed and at least three others wounded in a blast targeting media workers in Kabul, Afghan officials say.
The U.S. peace envoy seeking to negotiate an end to the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan said Washington was ready to sign a "good agreement" with the Taliban.
Traders in a restive Afghan province are reluctant to abandon using the Pakistani currency even after local authorities have threatened them with possible arrests.
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