from Paktika showed men carrying people in blankets to waiting helicopters.... Some images showed

district of Paktika province in Afghanistan.... " It's really much worse than you think," he added....

KABUL, Afghanistan — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan overnight, killing as many as 280 people and injuring more than 600 others, the country’s state-run Bakhtar news agency said on Wednesday. The quake struck early Wednesday morning about 28 miles southwest of the city of Khost, a provincial capital in the country’s southeast, the United States Geological Survey said, and it had a depth of about six miles. Raees Hozaifa, the director of information and culture in the e

Join our Whatsapp channel？... Officials say heavy losses inflicted in retaliatory fire？... The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan( TTP) has intensified its activities since calling off a ceasefire in November 2022. Last year, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir expressed Pakistan’s concerns over militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan....

The deafening roar of rocket launchers and mortar explosions shattered the tranquillity of Kurram, a Pakistani district of majestic peaks, ancient maple forests and fertile fields bordering Afghanistan.... In September, fighting between members of the two communities left 46 people dead; a weeklong battle in July claimed nearly 50 lives.“ It is like a war between two countries, not a dispute between tribes, ” said Hussain Ali, 26, a university student from Parachinar, Kurram’s main city.... “

Photos of the aftermath of the rocket attack on the gym in Afghanistan on May 3, 2012, and Colin Wayne serving in the Army.... Through months of physical therapy and surgery, Wayne managed to not only recover but become a fitness model.... In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, the president insisted that no matter what, the situation would have turned into a mess." No," Biden said when asked if it could have been handled better....

Such support undermines Pakistan’s security and further strains its ties with Kabul. Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN Munir Akram had also warned the UNSC that the TTP was now “ an umbrella organisation ” for various militant actors, increasing the risk of regional instability.... While such operations may provide short-term relief, unilateral military actions are not a sustainable solution.... This can only be perceived as a sheer unwillingness to act, an approach that has implications not onl

Britain's ambassador is to be airlifted from Afghanistan by Monday evening amid fears that the Taliban could imminently take Kabul and seize the airport that would provide the only means of escape.By Saturday night, the number of UK diplomats and government officials in the country had dropped from 500 to the" low tens", including the ambassador, Sir Laurie Bristow. The Foreign Office had previously intended for Sir Laurie to remain in Kabul airport, along with a small team of officials and alon

The US government and various UN agencies have long claimed that Al Qaeda has been active in Afghanistan since the beginning of the Afghan jihad.... Its ability to operate across borders adds to “ the complexity of the security situation in Afghanistan ”, the report warns.In its chapter on South Asia, the report deals with the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and its impact on other countries in the region.... The negotiators also discussed the presence of TTP family members in Afghanistan, not

The following report compiles all significant security incidents confirmed by New York Times reporters throughout Afghanistan from the past seven days.... The report includes government claims of insurgent casualty figures, but in most cases these cannot be independently verified by The Times.... Both sides routinely inflate casualty totals for their opponents. Dec....