A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on October 26 and was felt throughout much of South Asia, killing at least 70 and injuring dozens in neighboring Pakistan.
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Pakistan to avoid risky and destabilizing developments in its nuclear weapons program while working to help reignite peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to strongly resist any limits on Pakistan's use of small tactical nuclear weapons at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Afghan security forces have launched a two-pronged offensive to take on the Taliban in areas where the militant group has made gains in recent days.
One of only two women serving as governors in Afghanistan, Sima Joyenda didn't expect things to be easy upon her appointment to lead Ghor Province. But the death threats amid calls for her to resign are something new.
Russia has hinted at boosting its military and security involvement in Afghanistan but faces the added challenge of a troubled history.
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that he will slow plans to draw down U.S. forces from Afghanistan, with 5,500 troops to stay after 2016.
Afghan refugees in neighboring Pakistan face reduced aid programs as European and Syrian migrant crisis leads to a funding shortfall
The Taliban say they are withdrawing from Kunduz, a strategic city in northern Afghanistan that fell to the militant Islamic extremists in September.
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on October 12 as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their brief capture of Kunduz city.
The Taliban has declared two of Afghanistan's major television networks and their employees legitimate targets due to their alleged "disrespectful and hostile actions" against the militant group.
New growing techniques flourish as farmers and experts scramble to maintain food production despite dry conditions and population boom
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