Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has escaped an apparent assassination attempt suffering only minor injuries from a roadside bomb blast in the country's capital, Kabul. The 49-year-old was in a convoy when it was hit by the September 9 blast that killed at least 10 people.
Pakistani officials say a rockslide at a marble mine in the country's northwest has killed at least 19 miners and left five others still trapped as rescuers comb the scene.
Abdullah Khan's 11-month-old son, Hamza, contracted polio after the family refused to let a visiting health team in Pakistan's Balochistan region give his child vaccination drops.
Afghan officials say they have released about another 100 Taliban prisoners on September 1 as part of a prisoner swap meant to clear the way for the start of peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban.
Taliban militants attacked a military base in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia Province, killing at least three Afghan soldiers. An official said that at least five other members of the security forces were wounded in the September 1 assault.
Amid strict COVID-19 measures, Shi'ite Muslims in Iran marked the holy day of Ashura on August 30.
Fifteen are reported to have died in Shahgram village Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district where video images from August 29 show heavily damaged buildings and streets covered in mud, swept up trees and boulders. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
A recently freed Taliban fighter has called for "flexibility" in peace negotiations that are expected to start soon between the militants and the Afghan government.
Torrential rain lashed the Pakistani city of Karachi on August 27, causing widespread flooding. People were seen wading through knee-high water as cars were submerged and houses inundated.
Flash floods caused by torrential rains in Afghanistan have killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others in Parwan Province just north of Kabul, according to authorities.
Flash floods caused by torrential rains have killed more than 100 people in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has celebrated the country's 73rd Independence Day. The anniversary is observed on August 14, but celebrations typically begin the night before. Pakistan and India won independence from the British in August 1947.
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