Afghanistan
Seven Pakistani police officers killed in targeted bomb attack, no group claims responsibility
Police in the northwestern Tank district said that five police personnel were killed on the spot after the remote-controlled bomb went off, while two others had died in the hospital.
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Afghanistan floods leave 17 dead, thousands affected - AP
IED, shooting attack on police van kills five in northwest Pakistan
Five Pakistani police officers were killed when a van was struck by explosives and gunfire in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan arrests ISKP propaganda chief Sultan Aziz Azzam, report says
Pakistan said it detained IS KP media figure Sultan Aziz Azzam, with a UN report citing a major blow to the group’s propaganda and regional operations.
Spectator execution: Teenage boy shoots his family's murderer in front of crowds in Afghanistan
A 13-year-old boy shot the man who had slaughtered 13 of his relatives three times.
Two asylum-seeking Afghan teenagers jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in England
The boys, Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both aged 17, carried out the attack in a park in Leamington Spa in May after taking the girl away from her friends, prosecutors said.
Final US report on Afghanistan reveals $30 billion in funds wasted, stolen, or mismanaged
In its final report, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) documented 1,327 instances of waste, fraud, and abuse from 2002 to 2021.
Pakistan, Afghanistan trade heavy fire as border tensions rise
The exchange came two days after a new round of peace talks between the South Asian neighbors ended without a breakthrough, though both sides agreed to continue their fragile ceasefire.
US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the US will expand its travel ban to more than 30 countries as the Trump administration broadens its security-driven restrictions.
US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries, including Iran
The list of countries targeted includes Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Tajikistan in talks with Russia about helping guard Afghan border, security sources say
Deadly attacks near the Afghan border have pushed Tajikistan to consider Russian troop support, with talks underway on a joint patrol mission backed by the CSTO.
National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland secretary says
Noem's comments suggest that Lakanwal, who was part of a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan, may have embraced extremism after arriving in the US.
All US diplomatic posts, State Department halt processing visas for Afghan nationals
US consular officers are instructed to reject any immigrant or non-immigrant visa applications from Afghan nationals, including applicants for Special Immigrant Visas.
