The girl was taken to hospital in a critical condition, a spokesperson for the 209 Al-Fath Army Corp told CNN. Mazar-i-Sharif’s iconic Blue Mosque was damaged in the quake, footage on social media geolocated by CNN revealed,

The namesake of Mazar-i-Sharif suffered countless cracks in a 6.3-magnitude quake, but, like Afghanistan, it has endured for centuries.

Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan are digging through the rubble of their homes after spending a bitterly cold night outdoors.

Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At issue is a rise in militancy in Pakistan since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming to defuse tensions after a deadly flare-up this month.The two sides had been holding talks in Istanbul under Turkish and Qatari mediation until Islamabad said Wednesday that the negotiations had collapsed.

Cheney, the former vice president of the United States who was the architect of the nation's longest war as he plotted President George W. Bush's thunderous global response to the 9/11 terror attacks,

The Afghanistan Cricket Board is seeking a new head coach, listing a \"sense of humour\" and proficiency in Microsoft Office as key requirements. This c