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.
Reporters without Borders says 50 people were killed this year in connection with their journalistic work, with Afghanistan and Pakistan being among the most dangerous countries for media professionals.
Afghan police say two explosions in the capital Kabul have killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others.
The Afghan Attorney General's Office and the National Directorate of Security announced in a joint statement on December 28 that three senators were caught during an operation in the northern province of Balkh.
The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government will be held in Qatar from next month, a top official said on December 27, despite President Ashraf Ghani's recent calls for them to be moved home.
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