Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan`s government spokesman said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours that made a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky. (Pics/AFP)

A suicide blast claimed by the Islamic State group (IS) at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad killed at least 31 people on Friday, with 169 more wounded in the deadliest attack in Pakistan`s capital since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing. Pics/AFP