Villages destroyed and hundreds of civilians buried under the debris; UN says number of dead expected to rise

Ocular oncologists from Sheba Medical Center work with colleagues in Kabul and Lahore to get children with deadly eye cancer out of Afghanistan for critical treatment in Pakistan

Report from United Nations panel says members of group's sleeper cells pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today

Attacker strikes gathering of supporters of hard-line cleric and political leader in country’s northwestern Bajur district, which borders Afghanistan

Virtue and Vice Ministry says move direct order from supreme leader, gives businesses a month to close up

Federal court dismisses Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation lawsuit against reporters, ruling allegations or war crimes to be substantially true

Iran says forces responded 'decisively' after Taliban fired at police station, doesn't report casualties; Tehran urges Kabul to uphold 1973 water rights deal

Unanimous Security Council resolution urges countries 'to use their influence' to help reverse restrictive policies in Afghanistan, which the UN has called 'gender-based apartheid'

Islamic State terrorist held responsible for suicide blast that killed 13 US troops and 170 Afghans, was killed in a series of battles early this month in southern Afghanistan

Students voice opposition to prohibition Taliban dubiously claims is temporary, as several ultraconservative advisers to country's leader remain wary of education for women