Pakistan's security forces have arrested an alleged leader of the militant group that was blamed for the bloody 2008 Mumbai attacks in India.
Pakistan says it will rebuild a century-old Hindu shrine damaged in a mob attack that triggered condemnation from the Muslim-majority country’s Hindu community.
An Afghan journalist was shot and killed on January 1 by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan, the deputy governor of Ghor Province said.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fired the country’s health minister after several of his employees were arrested on corruption charges.
British-based charity Save the Children says more than 300,000 Afghan children are struggling to survive in freezing winter conditions without proper clothing and heating.
Pakistan says it will process visa applications online for citizens of 191 countries starting on January 1 as part of efforts to prevent corruption and boost tourism in the country.
An Afghan official says an explosion has struck a car carrying an employee from the Afghan president’s office in Kabul, critically wounding the official and killing his driver.
Pakistani officials say at least 31 people have been arrested after a mob of hundreds of people attacked and set ablaze a century-old Hindu shrine.
Afghan security personnel have abandoned nearly 200 checkpoints in restive Kandahar Province in recent weeks, officials said on December 30, in some cases leaving behind their weapons to be seized by the Taliban.
Pakistani authorities say they have arrested a key opposition leader accused of having assets higher than his known sources of income.
A Pakistani court has sentenced two alleged members of banned organizations to long prison terms on terrorism-financing charges.
Pakistan has recorded its first cases of a new strain of coronavirus recently discovered in the United Kingdom, officials announced on December 29.
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