Indian security forces have maintained tight restrictions across Indian-administered Kashmir during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha, fearing protests against the revocation of the Himalayan region's special status a week ago.
A UN report claims a 31-year-old Tajik national leads a Central Asian unit of an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan and actively recruits Tajik fighters for the terrorist group. Tajik officials say the man has been on their radar “for some time.”
U.S. and Taliban negotiators will consult their leaders following an eighth round of peace talks to end the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan, the Taliban say.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has rejected foreign interference and called for the presidential election to be held next month as planned, amid talks between the United States and the Taliban aimed at bringing the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan to an end.
Pakistan says it has cut the last remaining public transport link with India -- a bus line linking Lahore with New Delhi -- as its anger mounts over a dispute with its nuclear rival over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
A former warlord and Taliban official are among the 17 candidates -- many of whom have controversial backgrounds -- vying to become Afghanistan’s next president in an election scheduled for September.
Pakistan has ruled out a military response to India's move to strip the disputed region of Kashmir of its special status despite rising tensions between the two countries.
A "culture of abuse" continues to thrive at Afghanistan's soccer federation because of world soccer governing body FIFA's "apparent inaction" in a sexual abuse scandal involving female Afghan players, according to the national women's team coach.
Afghanistan’s national soccer team coach Kelly Lindsey said soccer governing body FIFA is moving slow and needs to broaden the scope of its investigation into sexual abuse involving Afghan women players.
Pakistani opposition leader Maryam Nawaz was arrested on August 8 by the country's anti-corruption National Accountability Bureau (NAB), officials and a spokeswoman for her party said.
The United States on August 7 called for calm and restraint as a dispute between India and Pakistan escalated over the disputed region of Kashmir.
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