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Air strike kills eight policemen in Afghanistan - official

Police were fighting the Taliban in Helmand province late on Thursday when the Afghan forces called for air support. Eight Afghan policemen were killed and 11 more injured in what appears to be a mistake.

New polio cases take total to 17 in Pakistan

Cases of the crippling disease have steadily increased in the country as attacks on health workers persist and fake news continues to circulate about the deaths of numerous children killed by the vaccine.

Blast in Pakistani city Quetta kills four police - officials

Terror group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the blast,

Clandestine operations and CIA-backed forces endanger peace in Afghanistan

Despite ongoing talks between Washington and the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan, US forces and their Afghan allies have killed more civilians than all insurgent groups combined so far this year.

Attackers in Kabul target foreign aid group with blast and gunfire

At least four people died and nearly a dozen were injured in the attack, TRT World sources say. Taliban militants claim responsibility for the attack targeting the non-profit Counterpart International in Shahr Naw area of the Afghan capital.

Taliban militants kill 20 Afghan troops

The latest attack in Farah province dashed hopes of some sort of a truce during Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, which started on Monday.

Taliban kill 13 Afghan police on compound attack

The assault that took place in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, set off a six-hour gunbattle which ended after the attackers were killed.

Afghans call for ceasefire as huge peace summit wraps up

The Taliban, who were not at the talks, are this week separately meeting in Doha with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in a bid to make a deal with Washington that could see the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.

New round of US-Taliban peace talks begins in Qatar

Taliban spokesman says the group's top political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar met with US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the men discussed "key aspects for a peaceful resolution of the Afghan issue."

Don't underestimate Pakistan's relationship with Iran

While Pakistan's ties with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf are more concrete than their Iranian ties, Pakistan still marches to its own tune.

Afghan president holds council to set agenda for Taliban talks

The four-day consultative grand assembly, known as a "loya jirga", is an attempt by President Ashraf Ghani to influence peace talks between the United States and the Taliban, which the militants have excluded his government from.

Imran Khan's interior minister pick raises questions about "new" Pakistan

"New Pakistan" has been Khan's catchphrase since he re-entered politics, promising to change the status quo. His new interior minister Ijaz Shah is a retired brigadier and ex-spy chief whom slain former PM Benazir Bhutto regarded as a deadly enemy.