Afghanistan

Six hundred thousand US dollars was seized from a man in Torkham town of Nangarhar province who was trying to smuggle the money to Pakistan.

Torkham border commissioner Syed Ghaziullah Hashimi said the man had confessed to his crime and said that he wanted to smuggle the dollars to Pakistan for profit.

Hashimi said the case was being investigated...

UNAMA said on Sunday it is deeply concerned by reports of civilian casualties, including women and children, as a result of airstrikes in Khost and Kunar provinces on Saturday.

&Civilians are never a target. UNAMA is working to establish facts on the ground and verify the extent of losses,& UNAMA tweeted.

The Afghan delegation to the...

Pakistan&s ministry of foreign affairs said Sunday that &terrorists are using Afghan soil with impunity to carry out activities inside Pakistan&.

In a statement issued by the ministry, Pakistan said: &In the last few days, incidents along Pak-Afghan Border have significantly increased, wherein, Pakistani security forces are...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country&s nuclear capabilities, the North&s KCNA news agency reported on Sunday (April 17).

&The new-type tactical guided weapon system is of great significance in drastically improving the firepower of the...