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 Situation in Afghanistan will be an urgent issue for the new leader, although the longest-running US war was hardly mentioned in the bitterly contested presidential elections.

WASHINGTON: NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, boosted by a big influx of U.S. troops, will step up operations in Helmand province and the city of Kandahar

News anchor of Afghanistan television channel Ariana News fled news studio soon after the earthquake took place. Watch this...;

The US military's highest-ranking general in the Afghanistan War, General John Campbell, has acknowledged that Pakistan Army's effective and indiscriminate operation has pushed terrorists to the wall. Watch this report on the army general's written testimony in US Senate Armed Services Committee. Story first published: 7th October 2015

earth ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday directed military for immediate relief and rescue efforts as a major earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale caused widespread damages, Samaa reported. "Army troops directed to carry out immediate rescue work in any affected areas without waiting for formal orders," Director General ISPR, Major General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter.

School children were filmed rushing out on to the streets from their school after a massive earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale rattled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern areas, Punjab and other parts of the country. Watch the video.