The victim, identified as Gul Wali Din, was gunned down by two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle in the center.

Despite a sharp decline in domestic operations this year, Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, remains a potent transnational threat, the.

The victim, identified as Gul Waluddin, was killed in the village of Payinda Khel in Ismail Khel Mandozi district, Khost.

In Kunar Province, unidentified assailants reportedly killed a former member of the special police forces on Friday night.

The incident took place in the village of Khairabad in Baharak district, according to residents.

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Taliban authorities said on Sunday that they had rescued a 13-year-old boy who was abducted last week.

Shafqat Ali Khan said Pakistan firmly raised its concerns about the activities of TTP operatives across the border in talks.

While some Wi-Fi connections remained active, mobile data and voice service outages affected wide areas.

So far, at least 20 people have been detained, and their whereabouts remain unknown, sources said.

The standoff follows a protest by farmers in Khash who had assembled to oppose the Taliban’s destruction of their opium.