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Thousands of Afghans, chanting anti-France slogans, rally in the western city of Herat after the weekly Friday prayers. 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
Images of the Taliban monitoring traffic at checkpoints Herat after a huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan killed at least 18 people, including an influential imam who earlier this year called for those who commit "the smallest act" against the government to be beheaded. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas at protesters mobbing the Prime minister's residence in Colombo as crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country. IMAGES
Afghan Taliban security force rushes through traffic after explosions and gunfire were heard near a Kabul military hospital. Smoke seen rising in a distance. IMAGES
Image of Taliban fighters, residents and streets on Sunday in Afghanistan's third-biggest city Herat which the insurgents captured on August 12. IMAGES