Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan

Women not covered from head to toe are being prevented from entering public health facilities in western Afghanistan. The move came after the Taliban imposed new dress restrictions in the city of Herat.

The death toll from an earthquake in northern Afghanistan is climbing, and hundreds of families have lost their homes as the harsh winter arrives.

Tensions have risen between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a clash along their shared border killed four Afghan civilians and wounded five others. An Afghan official blamed Pakistan for starting

Senior officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan are in talks in Turkey in an effort aimed at ensuring peace along their shared border, state-run media in Pakistan said

Border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan in early October left more than 70 people dead, and tensions between the two remain high as ceasefire talks failed in November. However, a video circulating in social media posts apparently showing Indian leader Narendra Modi saying New Delhi would "use Afghanistan" to fight longtime rival Pakistan is in fact manipulated with AI.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have held peace talks as a tenuous ceasefire holds following cross-border clashes last month that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded.

The inaugural flight reportedly landed in Mazar-i-Sharif with 120 passengers from Iran. A US-blacklisted Iranian carrier, Meraj Airlines, has begun operating commercial flights to Afghanistan, according to the Taliban administration in the northern province of Balkh.

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Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have ended without agreement. Officials say the sides blamed each other for the breakdown in negotiations aimed at easing border tensions and maintaining a fragile ceasefire.

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Turkey's foreign and defence ministers and intelligence chief plan to travel to Pakistan this week to discuss its stop-start talks with Afghanistan over a ceasefire in place in South Asia, President Tayyip Erdogan said.