The United States, the European Union, China, and Russia have expressed growing concerns that the worst crisis in years between bitter nuclear rivals India and Pakistan could spiral out of control.
Pakistan says it has shot down two India Air Force jets over the disputed region of Kashmir and captured one pilot on the ground.
The United States has called on Pakistan to punish those behind a deadly suicide attack on Indian troops in disputed Kashmir amid escalating tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi.
The Taliban have called off a planned round of peace talks in Pakistan, saying that most of the members of its negotiating team are unable to travel because they are subject to U.S. and UN sanctions.
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has said that it is important for the Afghan government to be included in talks to end the country's 17-year war.
An official of the Taliban militant group, which now reportedly controls nearly half of Afghanistan, says the group is not seeking to rule Afghanistan alone in any future government structure and wants to co-exist with current institutions.
U.S. and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the "framework" of a peace deal, U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said after five days of talks between the militant group and the United States in Qatar.
Afghanistan's election authorities say they have decided to delay a presidential election by three months to July 20 due to delays in registration and ongoing technical issues.
The United States has placed Pakistan on its blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, a move likely to further worsen troubled relations with Islamabad.
The death toll among Afghanistan's security forces will no longer be sustainable unless urgent measures are taken to address recruiting and training issues, a top U.S. general has said.
Afghan authorities have released on bail a militia leader accused of human rights abuses following days of violent demonstrations over his detention.
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