All Afghan primary schoolchildren in the first three years are to be educated at mosques to give students a "powerful Islamic identity," in an unprecedented move that has drawn widespread public criticism.
Australia's prime minister has assured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the soldiers responsible for Australian atrocities against Afghan civilians would be brought to justice, the presidential palace in Kabul said on November 20.
Tensions between Pakistan and India rose again over the disputed region of Kashmir after Pakistan announced it was giving provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan, the northern part of the region bordering China.
Pakistani authorities on October 21 warned they could reimpose strict lockdown measures, as millions of people flouted guidelines despite fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections.
A journalist with Australia's national broadcaster ABC will not be charged over 2017 reports that revealed the country's involvement in potential war crimes in Afghanistan, federal police confirmed on October 15.
The Taliban has launched a major attack on the outskirts of the capital of southern Helmand Province, officials said on October 12.
At least 13 people, including three civilians, have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's northern province of Sar-e Pul, officials said on October 11.
Pakistani officials claimed on October 9 that the country had completely eradicated swarms of desert locust, months after declaring a national emergency to battle the infestation.
A senior Afghan politician said on October 8 that Afghanistan needs time to analyse the U.S. troop withdrawal announcement but added that premature withdrawal would have negative consequences for the country.
A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian man sentenced to death for blasphemy in a rare judgement that was hailed as "daring."
Pakistani police on October 5 filed sedition charges against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his party days before opposition rallies aimed at toppling the government.
A 13-year-old boy in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province has died in a hospital after a local police commander and four of his comrades allegedly beat and raped him, officials said on September 23.
The Taliban militant group on September 20 demanded the creation of an "elite religious council" to replace democratic means of selecting Afghanistan's leaders in a future Islamic system.
Pakistani opposition parties have demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan's immediate resignation and pledged to launch a nationwide protest movement aimed at unseating his government.
The two parties to intra-Afghan peace talks have exchanged positions in the Qatari capital, Doha, in what diplomats on September 16 described as a warm and "surprisingly positive" mood.
Police in Pakistan have filed treason charges against three journalists known for their criticism of the country’s powerful military, in what rights activists described as a blatant attack on the freedom of expression.
A Pakistani soldier was killed and three civilians were injured in clashes with Indian border troops in the disputed region of Kashmir, the military said on September 10.
A group of Taliban fighters has carried out an attack in Afghanistan’s northeastern Panjshir Province for the first time in the past 19 years, officials confirmed on September 8.
Police in Pakistan have filed blasphemy charges against at least 40 people in the past month, a surge that rights activists say is extremely troubling.
Water-borne diseases like cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, and Dengue fever have hit the largest Pakistani city of Karachi after flooding caused by record heavy rains, officials and rescuers said on September 1.
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