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Islamabad says peace talks for lasting truce with Kabul ‘failed’

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Wednesday negotiations for a lasting truce with Afghanistan had “failed to bring about a workable solution”, warning it would take...

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to ‘quick truce’ in Qatar talks

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” at talks in Doha, Qatar’s foreign ministry said early Sunday, after at least...

Ceasefire halts deadly fighting in tense border

SPIN BOLDAK, Boldak, Afghanistan – A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding on Thursday, after dozens of troops and civilians...

‘Heavy clashes’ at tense border, say Taliban

KABUL – Afghanistan’s Taliban forces launched armed reprisals against Pakistani soldiers along the shared border on Saturday, accusing Islamabad of carrying out air strikes...

Afghan returnees fuel potential ‘of terrorism’

KABUL – A massive spike in millions of migrants forced back into impoverished Afghanistan by Pakistan and Iran could fuel Islamic State militancy, diplomatic...

Powerful quake aftershocks cause more deaths, injuries in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10...

Powerful quake aftershocks cause more injuries in Afghanistan

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10 people and caused...

Searchers retrieve bodies in Afghan quake

NURGAL, Afghanistan – Volunteers and rescuers were pulling nore bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after...

Afghanistan quake death toll tops 2,200–govt spokesman

Kabul, Afghanistan—More than 2,200 people were killed in the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend, according to the latest toll from...

No Filipinos injured in Afghanistan quake

The Philippine Embassy in Islamabad, which has jurisdiction over Afghanistan, reported that there were no Filipino casualties or injuries following the magnitude 6.0 earthquake...

Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as...

UN: Afghan quake toll over900 could impact ‘thousands’

GENEVA – The UN on Tuesday said the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed more than 900 people could impact “hundreds of thousands,”...

Fresh quake hits disaster-struck Afghanistan, as toll passes 1,400

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A fresh 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit the east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, jolting a region still struggling with the aftermath of a powerful quake at...

Eastern Afghanistan quake death toll more than 800 – officials

KABUL – More than 800 people were killed by a strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake and multiple aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan, provincial Nangarhar government officials...
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