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Taliban defense minister Mullah Yaqoob says that security forces have killed or arrested several militants from Tajikistan and Pakistan who are accused of multiple attacks in Afghanistan.
2023-12-31

Pakistan and Afghanistan report their first suspected cases of monkeypox.
2022-05-29

The Taliban claims to have captured the strategic city of Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. One of the group's spokesmen, Zabihullah Mujahid, says that the city was "under mujahideen control". Pakistan confirms the capture, saying that the Taliban removed the Afghan flag and raised theirs. The Afghan Ministry of Defense says that they were checking information. If this is confirmed by the Afghan government, it would be the latest territorial gain by the armed group.
2021-07-14

U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that Pakistan has been a "safe haven" for terrorists from Afghanistan and has given America "nothing but lies & deceit" after getting more than $33 billion in U.S. aid.
2018-01-1

Heavy snow and avalanches kill dozens of people in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, while Kabul International Airport is closed due to snow and ice on the runway.
2017-02-5

Aid workers warn that survivors of the earthquake are at risk of dying of exposure as temperatures in Pakistan and Afghanistan fall to near freezing levels.
2015-10-28

Pakistan's military claims to have killed 18 militants in air strikes near the Afghanistan border.
2014-10-26

At least 24 militants are killed in clashes between the Tehrik-e-Taliban and Ansar ul-Islam in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.
2013-01-26

A United States drone attack kills a further four militants in Waziristan near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan; it is the third such attack in 48 hours.
2011-10-14

The Taliban claim that they are holding a British foreign aid worker and offer to exchange her for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistan scientist recently jailed in the United States.
2010-09-27