Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban attack on Kandahar ‘leaves 46 dead’
At least 46 security personnel, Taliban fighters and civilians have been killed in clashes in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
9 December 2015, 04:49 AM
US warns of 'imminent' attack in Afghan capital
The US Embassy says it has received "credible reports of an imminent attack" in the Afghan capital.
1 December 2015, 05:59 AM
Kunduz strike ‘was US human error’
A US aircraft attacked a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz because of "human error", a US military inquiry says.
25 November 2015, 15:29 PM
Afghan Taliban seize 13 soldiers after helicopter crash
At least 13 soldiers are captured by the Taliban after a helicopter crash landed in Afghanistan, killing three of those on board.
25 November 2015, 05:17 AM
Australia minister rejects MP's call for Middle East refugee ban
Australia's immigration minister rejects a call by an MP to close its borders to refugees from the Middle East, in the wake of the Paris attacks
16 November 2015, 14:24 PM
Clinton urges war on IS, not Muslims
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton calls for global unity to crush the Islamic State group, as the carnage in Paris took center stage at Saturday's Democratic presidential debate.
15 November 2015, 04:44 AM
Migrant crisis: Bulgaria accused of brutality by Oxfam
The Bulgarian authorities are accused of brutality towards migrants in a new report sponsored by the British charity Oxfam.
13 November 2015, 11:59 AM
Once a refugee, now a cabinet minister
Canada’s newest democratic institutions minister is a 30-year-old woman who fled Afghanistan with her widowed mother and two sisters when she was a child.
5 November 2015, 13:47 PM
Afghan cosmonaut stuck in orbit
Here is what happened to Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan's only cosmonaut, who was travelling back to earth with a Russian commander in 1988 with enough oxygen for just 24 hours.
3 November 2015, 08:59 AM
Afghan girl seeking 'better future' for Kabul children
Fourteen-year-old Aziza Rahimzada is trying to help her impoverished community by offering classes to children.
3 November 2015, 07:04 AM
105-year-old refugee traveled 20 days on foot to make it to Europe
The migrants taking refuge in Europe have extraordinary stories to tell. One of the most fascinating is the tale of 105 year old Bibihal Uzbeki, who traveled 20 days to reach Croatia from Afghanistan — mostly on foot.
29 October 2015, 14:20 PM
Death toll from Afghan-Pakistan quake rises to 385
Afghanistan and Pakistan were scrambling Wednesday to rush aid to survivors of this week's magnitude-7.5 earthquake as the region's overall death toll from the quake rose to 385.
29 October 2015, 07:08 AM
Afghanistan-Pakistan quake: Taliban seize Darqad district
The Taliban seize Afghanistan's Darqad district, one of those hit by Monday's earthquake that killed at least 360 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
28 October 2015, 13:31 PM
Business climate ranking: Bangladesh slips 2 notches
Bangladesh went down two positions to 174 in the international ranking of World Bank’s (WB) Ease of Doing Business 2016 report.
28 October 2015, 10:13 AM
Afghan cross-border fire kills 7 Pakistan soldiers: Military
Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan kill seven Pakistani soldiers at a checkpost in the troubled tribal area of South Waziristan, the army said.
27 October 2015, 08:18 AM
Google Person Finder tracks South Asia earthquake victims
Google re-launches its Person Finder tool to help identify earthquake victims in South Asia.
27 October 2015, 06:06 AM
Rescue efforts expanded as Afghan-Pakistan quake toll tops 360
Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. More than 360 people are known to have died, most of them in Pakistan, and at least 2,000 were injured.
27 October 2015, 04:49 AM
IS blows up columns in Syria's Palmyra to execute 3
The Islamic State jihadist group executes three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up, a monitoring group said.
27 October 2015, 04:39 AM
Aziza Rahimzada speaks up for refugee children
At the age of just 14, Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has already surmounted legal hurdles preventing 25,000 refugee children from attending school.
26 October 2015, 08:50 AM
Shahzad 80 sets up series-levelling win
Afghanistan leveled the series against Zimbabwe with a three-wicket win in the fourth one-day international at Queens Sports Club, with Mohammad Shahzad’s 80 setting up their pursuit of Zimbabwe's 184 for 8.
22 October 2015, 15:31 PM