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People search the debris of damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Samangan province, Afghanistan, 3 November 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured

Houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Five years of deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo

Why is Afghanistan so prone to earthquakes?

Note: A shakemap represents the ground shaking produced by an earthquake. The information is different from the earthquake‘s magnitude and epicenter as a shakemap focuses on the variation in ground shaking produced by the earthquake, rather than describing the earthquake‘s source or strength. Photo: United States Geological Survey/Rebecca Pazos

Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured

Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

No resolution as Afghanistan, Pakistan end peace talks in Istanbul: sources

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Trump vows to resolve Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions 'very quickly' as peace talks continue

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Salahuddin

Pakistan defence minister warns of 'open war' with Afghanistan if peace talks fail

Afghan Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to immediate ceasefire after peace talks in Doha

Afghan Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara

Afghanistan, Pakistan to hold peace talks in Doha after fierce fighting

Residents ride a loaded truck of belongings, as they flee the area, following exchanges of fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, at the border crossing in Chaman, Balochistan province, Pakistan, October 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to temporary truce after fresh fighting, airstrikes

Taliban soldiers stand guard at the second-anniversary ceremony of the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

Over 12 civilians killed in Pakistani attack: Afghan Taliban

A man sits next to trucks parked at the Torkham border crossing, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries, in Torkham, Pakistan, October 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shahid Shinwari

Afghanistan-Pakistan is the latest conflict Trump wants to solve. Why has it erupted?

People walk past parked vehicles with belongings of Afghan citizens, as they head back to their country, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries in Chaman, the Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan October 12, 2025. REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai

Afghanistan claims 58 Pakistani soldiers killed in clashes; border closed