The Afghan National Directorate of Security says a former spokesman for Pakistan’s Taliban who switched to the Islamist State group was killed by an air strike in eastern Afghanistan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 8 arrived in Ufa, the capital of the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, to host summits of the BRICS group and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Two drone strikes targeted militants loyal to Islamic State in Afghanistan on July 7 -- killing between 25 and 49 insurgents, according to differing estimates by Afghan and foreign officials.
The Afghan government has sent a delegation to Pakistan in the latest bid to start peace talks with the Taliban.
A roadside bomb attack has killed at least three Pakistani soldiers and injured six others in the country's lawless tribal areas.
Pakistan's military said on July 3 the death toll from a suspicious train accident in the eastern Punjab Province has risen to 17.
Police in Pakistan saved a Christian couple from a Muslim mob that was attempting to lynch them for allegedly committing blasphemy, a senior officer said July 2.
At least 14 people, including a senior army officer, were killed July 2 when a train carrying more than 200 fell into a canal in Pakistan after the partial collapse of a bridge.
A Pakistani official says the head of Al-Qaeda in the country is among four militants killed in a police raid in the eastern province of Punjab.
Pakistani health officials say more than 25 people died from heatstroke in the southern province of Sindh on June 30.
Pakistan is under increased scrutiny for its enforcement of UN financial sanctions against terrorists after a move by India blocking China's bid to shield Pakistan.
Two U.S. senators are demanding an accounting from Pakistan for the reported acquittal of suspects in the attempted murder of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.
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