Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has urged the world to help his country achieve peace amid talks with the Taliban aimed at ending nearly two decades of conflict.
Pakistan's military said two of its soldiers were killed on September 23 by Indian fire in an “unprovoked cease-fire violation” in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
A number of Taliban prisoners who were released by the Afghan government as a condition for peace talks have returned to the battlefield, lead Kabul negotiator Abdullah Abdullah has said.
Coronavirus fears meant a historic travel corridor created last year to let Indian Sikhs visit a holy shrine in northeast Pakistan remained closed on September 22 on one of the faith's most sacred days.
A senior U.S. envoy for Afghanistan on September 22 warned that violence there remains unacceptably high and Washington expects more setbacks in ongoing peace talks between Taliban militants and the Afghan government.
The Afghan government and Taliban militants remain far apart on even the most basic issues a week into talks meant to end two decades of a war that has killed tens of thousands of people, diplomats and negotiators say.
At least nine Afghan soldiers were killed in an attack late on September 20 despite ongoing negotiations between the Taliban and the Kabul government.
Intra-Afghan peace negotiations have begun in what is thought will be a long and difficult process with little progress expected by U.S. election day. Despite that, President Trump is pushing to withdraw more troops before the November vote in order to meet a campaign pledge.
The Taliban militant group on September 20 demanded the creation of an "elite religious council" to replace democratic means of selecting Afghanistan's leaders in a future Islamic system.
Afghanistan says it plans to sign a strategic partnership agreement with neighboring Tajikistan.
An international tribunal has granted a stay pending a final decision on a $5.8 billion penalty imposed on Pakistan for denying a mining lease to an Australian company, the adviser to Pakistan's prime minister said on September 18.
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