Afghanistan
At least 14 killed, 18 wounded in suicide bombing outside Pakistan police station
The explosion took place in the Kabal area of Swat, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Islamist terrorists kill 10 police officers in northwest Pakistan, say police
Female Afghan Christian convert flees Taliban, only to risk deportation in Qatar
Twenty killed, 100 missing after flash floods hit Afghanistan, authorities say
Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says
The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.
Taliban continues to brutalize Afghan women, MSF staff member detained by regime
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), known as Doctors Without Borders, confirmed on Friday that a staff member was held for two days in early June.
UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan
"The arrests have heightened fear and apprehension among women and girls across Afghanistan," UN Women said, adding that many of the women had since been released.
US sentences former Taliban commander to 42 years in prison for terrorism, taking hostages
The charges are based on his role as a Taliban commander in Afghanistan, leading attacks against US serviceman and allies, and taking hostages between 2007 and 2009.
Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan, including 11 children, Taliban says
At least 14 others were injured in strikes that violated Afghanistan's airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika, a spokesperson added
Taliban opens fire on Afghan protesters demonstrating against arrest of women over dress code
Sources also told Afghanistan International that the Taliban has detained a number of protesters and has begun visiting hospitals in search of injured demonstrators.
Taliban official kills Iranian-Kurdish mother and daughter after failed forced marriage attempt
Sara Yousefi and her mother, Chiman Hosseinzadeh, were said to have been killed by Mofti Mohammadollah, head of the Taliban’s Hajj and Endowments Department in Kohistanat district.
Twenty-two dead, dozens injured in crash involving Afghan returnees from Pakistan
Abdul Malik Niazi, a Taliban official, told The Media Line that “the accident occurred on the main highway linking Kabul with Nangarhar province.
Russia warns ISIS-K recruiting Central Asian migrants for regional terror networks
Director of Russia’s Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov said the group’s “Khorasan Branch” had stepped up efforts to recruit members from other extremist groups.
Powerful bomb explodes near train in Pakistan's Quetta, killing at least 24
The attack, which killed at least 24 people and injured more than 70, was the latest in a series of major strikes on infrastructure in the Pakistani province that borders Iran and Afghanistan.
