Pakistan on Monday said it has made it clear to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that Islamabad cannot recognize Israel until a “concrete and permanent settlement” of the Palestinian issue.

The Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan has voiced deep shock at the lives lost in Sunday’s terrorist attack in Kabul.

At least 10 people were killed and 52 others wounded in Sunday’s bombing targeting Wolesi Jirga member’s Khan Mohammad Wardak’s convoy, says Vice-President Amrullah Saleh.

Afghanistan has no envoy in India since two and a half years as New Delhi has chosen silence to approve or reject the credentials of an Afghan envoy introduced to the country 16 months ago. Turkey, Tajikistan, Holland and Kuwait are other countries who in recent years have been silent over approval of credentials from Afghan envoys.

At least one person was killed in Paghman district in Kabul province on Monday afternoon when a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mosque.

At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Kabul city Monday morning, Kabul police confirmed.

At least four civilians were killed in a roadside mine explosion in Kandahar province on Monday, officials confirmed.

Mohammad Halim Fedayee, governor of Paktia province, said Monday the Taliban is using children in a conflict capacity on the battlefields – which is in violation of Islamic principles and international rules of war.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) head for Shulgar district has been killed in an explosion in northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday.

The largest US military base in Afghanistan came under rocket strike early Saturday morning, officials said. Several rockets struck the Bagram Airfield in central Parwan province, but details of possible casualties from the attack were not immediately available.