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Pakistan temporarily closes Jalalabad consulate in Afghanistan; cites lack of security, 'intervention' by local government
• 7 years agoIn a letter to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan's embassy in Kabul requested that the governor of Nangarhar province refrain from "interfering" in the functioning of the consulate.
Day after Islamic State attack on office of children's NGO in Afghanistan, death toll rises to eight; 26 others injured
• 7 years agoMilitants stormed the offices of Save the Children in Afghanistan, killing four people and triggering a shootout with police that lasted almost 10 hours
Afghanistan: Five killed, eight injured in motorcycle bomb blast outside Jalalabad soccer stadium
• 7 years agoAn Afghan official says a motorcycle bomb in eastern Nangarhar province's Jalalabad killed at least five people.
Pakistan will continue offering diplomatic, moral and political support to Kashmiris, says Sartaj Aziz
• 8 years agoPakistan said on Thursday that it will continue to provide "diplomatic, moral and political" support to Kashmiris in their "struggle" for the right to self-determination.
US drops non-nuclear 'Mother Of All Bombs' in Afghanistan on Islamic State hideout
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe Pentagon says US forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb, GBU-43 nicknamed Mother of All Bombs on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan
Six police officers killed in gunbattle with Islamic State militants in Afghanistan
• 9 years agoAfghan officials said six police officers, including a district police chief, have been killed by gunmen affiliated with the Islamic State group in the restive eastern Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan.
US airstrikes destroy Islamic State-operated radio station 'Voice of the Caliphate'
Fp Archives • 9 years agoUS airstrikes have destroyed an Islamic State-operated radio station in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.