At least 119 people have died in Pakistan over the past 24 hours as heavy rains continue to lash the flood-stricken country.

According to the country&s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) the death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033.

The NDMA said more than two million acres of cultivated crops have...

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The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on Afghanistan on Monday where they will discuss the humanitarian and economic crises.

The meeting will be held behind closed doors.

The Chargé d&Affaires of Afghanistan&s Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said to the media that Martin Griffiths,...

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Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the opening match of the 15th edition of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Saturday.

Afghanistan thrashed the five-time champions Sri Lanka with 59 balls to spare in the Group B match.

Chasing a target of 106 runs, openers Hazratullah Zazai (37 not out off 28) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (40 off 18) set the stage...

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Russia&s attack on a Ukrainian train station that killed more than 20 people this week is the latest in a series of strikes on the country&s railway system that some international legal scholars say may be war crimes.

While Russia claimed that it had targeted the train because it was carrying Ukrainian troops and equipment on Wednesday,...

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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry says that Kabul and Moscow have reached an agreement on the purchase of oil and gas and this agreement will be signed soon.

Nooruddin Azizi, acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said Saturday that many banks in Afghanistan and Russia are under embargo and money will be transferred through a third country.

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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Friday called for establishment of a council whose members would be elected by the people and which would draft a constitution and decide the future governance system.

&We never want to join a government which is not formed based on the people&s votes…where the highest authority is...

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