Delhi and Kabul are thinking that "the enemy's enemy is a friend" with an eye on Pakistan, writes Happymon Jacob.

Despite the challenges to peace, both know they will hurt from continued hostilities – and need a path to peace.

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless. That's a reflection of tensions between hardliners and pragmatists.

BBC Verify has been analysing satellite imagery throughout the day, first examining flooding in Mexico and later strike damage at an oil plant in Russia-occupied Crimea.

The latest violence followed Islamabad’s air raids targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan camps in Kabul last week — even as Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi was on his first official visit to India.

Taliban authorities publicly executed a man in western Afghanistan on Thursday, who had been convicted of two murders, the country's Supreme Court said. The man was executed in front of crowds at a sports stadium in Qala-I-Naw,

Although it was not mentioned publicly, some friendly countries, particularly Qatar, played a role in brokering the ceasefire. Sources said the 48-hour ceasefire meant that Pakistan wanted to give the Taliban regime a chance to come good on their promises to stop cross border terrorism.

Our investigation, in partnership with Lighthouse Reports, identified 110 killings of former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces troops since 2023.