
Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban administration have agreed to a temporary ceasefire for 48 hours starting 6:00 p.m. Pakistan local time (1300 GMT) on Wednesday, Islamabad said, after fresh fighting erupted between the neighbors. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan will make sincere efforts, through dialogue, to find a positive solution to ...

Officials report that the death toll from last night’s deadly earthquake in Afghanistan has exceeded 800 and is expected to rise further as rescue efforts continue. Afghan sources have confirmed that more than 800 people have died in a powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan last night, with the number ...