The Taliban has seized a district center in the northern Afghan province of Faryab, officials say, days after the militants captured a military base in the same province.
Former cricket star Imran Khan has announced his key cabinet picks after he was sworn in as Pakistan's prime minister following his party's controversial election victory last month.
Pakistani media are reporting that two suspects have been detained in Peshawar after a transgender woman was shot dead and her body mutilated.
Pakistani lawmakers were gathering in Islamabad to elect former cricket star and longtime politician Imran Khan as the country's prime minister.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying he passed away from an illness on August 16 at the age of 93.
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has chosen a lawmaker from the Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party to be the parliament speaker following general elections in July that were marred by allegations of fraud.
Pakistan celebrated its 71st Independence Day with fireworks in Islamabad. People took to the streets of the capital following official ceremonies marking the event earlier on August 14.
Hundreds of villagers in northwestern Pakistan staged an angry protest against the killing of a local man in a police operation on August 14.
Spain's La Liga soccer division has announced a major deal with Facebook that will allow viewers in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Indian subcontinent to watch all of its games during the next three seasons for free on the social network.
Members of Pakistan’s newly-elected parliament have been sworn in following general elections last month that were marred by allegations of fraud.
At least seven miners have been killed and six others were missing and feared dead after an explosion ripped apart a coal mine in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, reports say.
Taliban and Uzbek officials say the head of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar traveled to Uzbekistan last week where he led a delegation for talks with senior officials from Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry.
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