An explosion has torn through a mosque in the northern Afghanistan province of Badakhshan, reportedly killing the former Taliban security commander in the city of Baghlan and several others.
A growing number of Afghan families have been forced to send their children to work amid a devastating economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger is widespread. An estimated 1 million children are now engaged in child labor.
The parents and family of a 21-year-old Afghan migrant struck by a train in Serbia had to rely on public generosity to get his body home for a proper farewell.
Two deadly mass shootings in Serbia days apart, one at a school, have stunned the Balkan country, prompting some officials to point the finger of blame at "Western values," an assertion many, namely young Serbs, reject.