33 people have been killed in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan have left at least 33 people dead and 16 others injured, authorities said Sunday.
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Trade resumes as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopen Torkham border crossing after 10 days
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan resumed Tuesday after the two sides reopened a key northwestern border crossing shut for more than 10 days.
4 rescued and 2 dead in crash of private Russian jet in Afghanistan, the Taliban say
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Four people have been rescued and two died following the crash of a private Russian jet carrying six over the weekend in Afghanistan, the Taliban said on Monday.
Pakistani security forces kill 7 militants during a raid near the border with Afghanistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan security forces killed seven militants in a shootout in the country’s volatile southwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said Monday.
Russian private jet carrying six people believed to have crashed in Afghanistan, officials say
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan, authorities said Sunday.
Crash reported as Russian charter flight with 6 people disappears over Afghanistan
Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday a Russian-registered plane with six people thought to be on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan the previous night, after local Afghan police said they had received reports of a crash.
A suicide bomber in western Afghanistan targets the governor’s office and wounds 3 guards
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted the provincial governor’s office in western Afghanistan on Sunday and wounded three security guards, said a Taliban official.
Senior Pakistani politician meets reclusive Taliban supreme leader in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Pakistani politician met the Taliban supreme leader in Afghanistan, the politician’s office said Saturday. It’s the second publicly known meeting between a foreign official and the reclusive Hibatullah Akhundzada, who rarely appears in public and seldom leaves the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.