Afghanistan have appointed Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, as their head coach.

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says three of its staff are killed when its clinic in the Afghan city of Kunduz was hit by sustained bombing.

Fierce fighting is continuing between Afghan forces and the Taliban in parts of Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz, despite government claims that it had regained control of the city.

At least 11 people have died after a US Hercules aircraft crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, the US military says.

Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban.

Taliban fighters seize a military hilltop site in Kunduz, tightening their grip on the northern Afghan city.

At least nine people are killed in a militant attack on a sports match in Afghanistan's turbulent eastern Paktika province.

Splits within the EU on the relocation of 120,000 migrants are further exposed as leaders gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels.

European Union ministers are to meet to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who have recently arrived in Europe.

The United States will increase the number of refugees it takes in by 15,000 over each of the next two years, bringing the total to 100,000 by 2017, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.

Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis.

Migrants stranded in Croatia are making renewed efforts to head north despite moves by Slovenia and Hungary to hold them back.

Croatia closes seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

A dispute that threatened to split the Afghan Taliban has been resolved after relatives of late leader Mullah Omar backed his successor, the group says.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman says the results of an investigation into why a crane collapsed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, killing at least 107 people, will be made public.

The U.S.-led coalition military strategy in Afghanistan and the adjacent border areas of Pakistan has drawn huge criticisms for its over-reliance on the use of coercive force and utter negligence of peace, reconciliation, and reconstruction efforts.

Afghanistan came out on top in a thrilling encounter against hosts Bangladesh by three wickets with five balls to spare in the ICRC T20 Tournament.

Pakistan has to undertake some serious confidence building measures with Kabul. President Ashraf Ghani, who is keen to stop the bloodletting, is still not sure whether Pakistan really wants the insurgency to cease or if it has other motives.

One Associate team will get the opportunity to take part in the main draw of the 2016 Asia Cup T20.

The Afghan Taliban have confirmed covering up their former leader Mullah Omar's death for more than two years.