Afghanistan Tajikistan Border

Russia said Monday it will stage military drills next month with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan near the border with Afghanistan where the Taliban has led a lightning offensive against government troops.

The Taliban captured Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan, an Afghan provincial official and army officer said Tuesday, with some security forces abandoning their posts and fleeing across the frontier.

US bombers have struck multiple Taliban targets in a new air offensive over the past four days in far northeastern Afghanistan near the China and Tajikistan borders, the Southern Command said Tuesday.

Afghan forces on Sunday wrested control of a northern district bordering Tajikistan from the Taliban, officials said, two months after its capture stoked fears the jihadists' violence could spread to Central Asia.

A youth collapsed and died when he was taking his family to safety in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir during the earthquake which shook northern parts of the country.

US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tajikistan today to talk about security threats on its Afghan border, on the fourth leg of a five-nation tour of Central Asia.

Russia said Monday it will stage military drills next month with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan near the border with Afghanistan where the Taliban has led a lightning offensive against government troops.

The Taliban captured Afghanistan's main border crossing with Tajikistan, an Afghan provincial official and army officer said Tuesday, with some security forces abandoning their posts and fleeing across the frontier.

US bombers have struck multiple Taliban targets in a new air offensive over the past four days in far northeastern Afghanistan near the China and Tajikistan borders, the Southern Command said Tuesday.

Afghan forces on Sunday wrested control of a northern district bordering Tajikistan from the Taliban, officials said, two months after its capture stoked fears the jihadists' violence could spread to Central Asia.

A youth collapsed and died when he was taking his family to safety in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir during the earthquake which shook northern parts of the country.

US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tajikistan today to talk about security threats on its Afghan border, on the fourth leg of a five-nation tour of Central Asia.