Australian ex-soldier Roberts-Smith granted bail in Afghan war crimes case
Former soldier is accused of murdering five people in Afghanistan.

Former soldier is accused of murdering five people in Afghanistan.









US State Secretary Marco Rubio welcomes Coyle’s release as ‘positive step’ and thanks Qatar and the UAE for their help.

Afghans are burying the victims from a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.
Pakistani minister says five-day pause, to begin at midnight Thursday, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkiye.
Disputed toll and competing accounts of strike deepen crisis between Islamabad and Kabul.
As the conflict intensifies, Taliban drones challenge Pakistan’s security and response strategy, say experts.
![Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, center, briefs journalists during a government's organized trip for media to Bella Noor Shah, a mountainous village near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, Monday, May 5, 2025. [Muhammad Yousuf via AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AP25125365570509_cropped-1773791629.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
Pakistan’s Minister for Information “strongly” rejects the claim Pakistan was behind an air strike on a Kabul hospital.

Family members have gathered by the rubble of a hospital in Kabul searching for their loved ones after an air attack.
Pakistani minister ‘strongly rejects’ Afghan government’s accusation, saying his country only targets military sites.











Afghan officials say a suspected Pakistani air strike hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing hundreds.