Suicide attack

Damaged property lay around after an explosion by a suicide bomber in Bajaur, Pakistan, on 30 July. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Toll in Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 56

Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department registered a first information report of the attack at a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl gathering in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bajaur district

A group of girls head to school in Gardez, eastern Afghanistan. Five government secondary schools for girls have resumed classes in apparent defiance of a national ban. (Photo: AFP)
Middle East

Blast at education institute in Afghan capital kills 19