Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
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DG ISPR confirms 206 Afghan Taliban and 112 Khawarij militants killed, warns India of severe response amid rising border tensions.
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Powerful 6.3 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20 and damaging historic Blue Mosque
In the town of Khulm, near the epicenter, people dug through the rubble of collapsed mud brick homes with shovels and picked through debris to salvage what belongings they could.
Afghanistan and Pakistan have resumed peace talks in Istanbul, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a day after Islamabad said the discussions had ended in failure.
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Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in Istanbul failed after four days
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks.
The earthquake hit northern Afghanistan at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) in Khulm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Major border crossings such as Torkham and Chaman have since been closed, and Pakistan says it has carried out airstrikes against TTP positions inside Afghanistan. Efforts by Turkey and Qatar to revive negotiations have so far failed, leaving tensions at ...
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‘Complete Consensus’ On Pakistan’s Security Policies Regarding Afghanistan, Claims Khawaja Asif
Khawaja Asif insisted that there was a complete consensus within Pakistans political and military leadership on its Afghanistan policy.
A new water war is brewing, and India may find itself involved. New Delhi has extended its support to Afghanistan, which has announced that it plans to build a dam on the Pakistan-bound Kunar River. What would this move mean for Islamabad?