Pakistani forces kill 23 fighters in wave of Afghan border raids
The border raids are the latest in a series amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The border raids are the latest in a series amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.




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The truce talks are aimed at finalising a ceasefire reached in Qatar last month following deadly clashes.
UN says the area devoted to opium poppies has dropped to a fraction of that cultivated before Taliban’s narcotics ban.
Some 2,000 Afghans were approved for relocation to Germany under scheme for people who worked with German forces.









Pakistan’s fears over closer India-Taliban ties are influencing its approach to peace talks with Kabul, analysts say.









Video shows earthquake damage to Afghanistan’s shrine of Mazar-i-Sharif, also known as The Blue Mosque.
A magnitude 6.3 quake has struck near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, months after an earthquake killed 2,200 people.
A wider conflict looms as neighbours fail to agree on dismantling the TTP armed group, warn analysts.
Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding.