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The former India all-rounder who earlier served as the bowling coach for Afghanistan, succeeds Pubudu Dassanayake

Once a mortal threat, the Taliban have let Afghanistan's leading news channel stand. But every day is a struggle for the journalists who still work there.

A senior Pakistani militant with $3 million U.S. bounty on his head has been killed along with three aides in neighbouring Afghanistan, three militant commanders and an intelligence official said on Monday.

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Millions of Shiite Muslims, from Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan, are marking the festival of Ashoura

The source said: "The person I met is a dangerous terrorist, a dangerous man. He is not repentant, not regretful. He is a threat, he can cause harm to the world. He should not have been released.”

A late night roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan struck a vehicle carrying members of the Pakistani Taliban group, killing a senior leader and three other militants, several Pakistani officials and militant figures said Monday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the Sunday night killing of Abdul Wali, also widely known…