Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, hours before Islamabad said the two sides had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire.

Agree on 48-hour ceasefire after clashes

More than 80 women and children had been wounded

The private bus, carrying 57 passengers left Jaisalmer at around 3:00pm

Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centres were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea’s foreign ministry told AFP yesterday, after the torture death of a student there shocked the country.

Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed a police officer guarding polio vaccinators yesterday, police said, on the second day of a nationwide campaign to counter rising cases.

Indian officials said yesterday that a senior Maoist rebel leader and around 60 fighters have surrendered, weeks after the guerrillas announced a halt to their decades-long insurgency.

For many, it will be their first time participating in an election

Pakistani troops were on high alert on the border with Afghanistan yesterday after fierce fighting between the two sides at the weekend left dozens dead and drew the attention of US President Donald Trump, who said he could help end the conflict.

Says there was no intention to exclude women from earlier press briefing

Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said yesterday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to power in Kabul.

The Pakistani Taliban yesterday claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in several northwestern districts that killed 20 security officials and three civilians.

Seven police personnel martyred, 13 injured in the attack

Early results show improved school attendance, steadier household consumption, and renewed confidence among families that had previously faced chronic scarcity.

India will upgrade its technical mission in Afghanistan to a full embassy, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said yesterday, as he met his counterpart from Kabul in New Delhi.

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Myanmar’s military yesterday confirmed that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd.