Taliban attacks in Kabul are rising and government officials, activists, and journalists are increasingly the target, a fresh report by a U.S. watchdog said.
A member of the Afghan government's peace negotiating team said on January 31 that if the Taliban doesn't return to peace talks in Qatar soon, the Kabul government could recall its representatives before a deal is reached.
A Pakistani military plane left for China on January 31 to pick up a first batch of the SinoPharm coronavirus vaccine ahead of a planned mass inoculation campaign scheduled to begin during the week ahead.
Relatives of Mark Frerichs, a U.S. contractor thought to have been kidnapped by a Taliban-linked militant group, are calling on U.S. President Joe Biden not to withdraw additional troops from Afghanistan unless Frerichs is released from captivity.
Pakistan's COVID-19 vaccination program was given a boost over the weekend as health officials announced progress in getting the population inoculated.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a car bombing in eastern Afghanistan that officials say killed at least 14 soldiers when it targeted a military base in Nangarhar.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has urged the United States to ramp up pressure on the Taliban and not to rush the withdrawal of more troops from Afghanistan.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the United States will send a team to Kabul for consultations on efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan.
A Pakistani provincial government has appealed to the country's Supreme Court to review its decision to release the main suspect in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, after the United States and several rights groups expressed outrage over the decision.
The Pentagon says the Taliban are not complying with commitments the militant group reached with the United States last year under an Afghan peace accord.
A Taliban delegation has held talks with Russian officials in Moscow amid ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the militant group.
The leader of the Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e Islam, has been killed in a mine blast in neighboring Afghanistan, according to Afghan and Pakistani security sources.
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