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Masked gunmen have abducted thirty Shiite Muslim men in central Afghanistan.

Gunman trod on boy as he was playing dead, mother reveals.

Carter will also meet Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

Ten years ago the Taliban was the world's most feared militant group. Will it now do the West's dirty work against an even deadlier movement?

Student thrown from moving vehicle with note warning of more abductions unless 'operation' ends

Four suicide attackers stormed a provincial police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan.

Logar's provincial governor Din Mohammad Drwish said eight people were also injured in the blast.

Taliban seizes top Isis recruiter in Afghanistan for allegedly engaging in anti-Islamic actions.

Saeed is the new head of IS Khorasan - but what do we know about the man charged with creating a Caliphate on the sub-continent?

Sexual abuses in terror networks including Islamic State reveal hypocrisy of Islamists compromising their ideology.

America's top diplomat calls on Pakistan to fight terrorists who threaten neighbours and US interests.

Terror group say US-led mission a 'fire of barbarism and cruelty' that drowned country in 'pool of blood'.

UN Secretary General asks Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to restore moratorium on capital punishment.

The Taliban commmander was shot dead in an hour long shootout in Khyber.

Three Uzbek militants among dead after American drones pound two targets in Afghan border region.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announces move in wake of Peshawar school massacre.

AQIS condemns the attack as 'Unislamic and contradictory to Islamic Shariah'.

Alert sounded in prisons holding terrorists as decks cleared for executing 22.

Amir Khan: 'I want to rebuild the school and strengthen the security over there.'

How the only living student of class 9, Army Public School, is now dealing with the loss of his friends

Ehsan Elahi, 13, played dead as the militants 'sprayed bullets like hell' into his class, killing his friends before his eyes.

IBTimes UK's source in Peshawar claims hospital is hiding real death toll.

Donors talk a good game - but their actions tell a different story.

IBT's source claims headmistress sacrificed herself to protect children from Taliban massacre.

Over 140 killed and 100 injured in shocking massacre being described as a "dark day for humanity".

Indians send message of support to Pakistan despite hostilities between the two countries

Twin bomb blast day after Taliban attack killed 141.

Eye-witness Moeen Uddin recalls horror of the hospitals in immediate aftermath of the Taliban attacks

Parents look through list of dead students at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar to find out if their children survived.

Attack met with chorus of condemnation around the world including Nobel Laureates Malala and Satyarthi.