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The United States calls on Pakistan to show restraint and for Afghanistan's Taliban to control extremists, after Islamabad carried out deadly strikes in border areas. SOUNDBITE
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made "girlhood illegal", in her keynote speech at an event held by the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to commemorate the anti-apartheid icon. “The Taliban have made girlhood illegal and it is taking a toll,” she says. IMAGES
Arab foreign ministers meet in Riyadh ahead of an urgent Arab League summit to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Hundreds of Afghans cross the border in Torkham after fleeing Pakistan, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. IMAGES
Thousands of undocumented Afghans arrive voluntarily at a holding centre in Landi Kotal, in response to a Pakistani government deadline for them to leave the country. IMAGES
Thousands of Afghans are stranded at the border with Pakistan, after a Pakistani government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. Islamabad has given 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country until November 1 to leave voluntarily or be forcibly removed. IMAGES