Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain a ceasefire following peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday, after a dialogue between the two sides collapsed earlier i...

A massive magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Sunday, just one day after lower magnitude tremors were felt in the region. The earthquake comes months after a magnitude 6 earthquake left at least 800 people dead and even more injured.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hit northern Afghanistan in the early hours of Monday, killing at least four people and leaving over 60 others injured, according to local media.

"Significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. Past events with this alert level have required a regional or national level response," the USGS was quoted as saying by ...