The rising number of executions of former army and police in Afghanistan is being taken as clear evidence that the Taliban is not living up to its pledges of a general amnesty for all members of the ousted Afghan government's security forces.
A vehicle laden with explosives detonated outside government buildings in the city of Firoz Koh, the capital of Afghanistan's Ghor Province, on October 18. More than a dozen people were killed and at least 100 wounded in the attack. Afghan authorities believe the Taliban was behind the blast.
Turkish as well as Israeli and cheaper Russian-made drones are being used to powerful effect during Azerbaijan's attacks in and around the country's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Hundreds of government employees in Pakistan demanded pay rises as they demonstrated in the capital, Islamabad, on October 14. They want a 200-percent pay hike to keep pace with soaring consumer prices.
A giant, concrete barrier in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has been transformed into a mural where residents of the capital can write about their hopes and demands for the country's peace process.
In a seven-minute-long prerecorded address from the White House on September 22, U.S. President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that his administration was focused on achieving “peace through strength” in Afghanistan and Middle East. (video via AP)
Workers in Afghanistan's Herat Province are still producing silk the traditional way, separating the fabric from the silkworm cocoons in boiling pots and weaving on wooden looms.
Millions of students across Pakistan have returned to classes following a six-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic. Higher education institutions and senior school classes reopened on September 15 for the first time since they shut down in March.
Schools are reopening for the first time since March in Kosovo, Pakistan, Romania, and other countries, with students and staff taking precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Afghan government officials, Taliban extremists, and U.S. officials are in the Qatari capital, Doha, for the negotiations that opened on September 12 designed to bring permanent cease-fire, ensure the rights of women and minorities, etc. (Reuters)
Protests were held in Islamabad and other cities across Pakistan September 11, amid national outrage over the alleged gang rape of a woman in front of her children.
Members of the Afghan government's peace-talks delegation gathered at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport ahead of their departure for intra-Afghan negotiations hosted by Qatar. The head of the Afghan high peace council, Abdullah Abdullah, were among those boarding the flight on September 11.
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