Some 44 militants have been killed amid cleanup operations conducted by Afghan security forces since early Saturday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
Pakistan and Afghan military commanders agreed Saturday on better coordination and enhancing security measures at both sides of the border, officials said.
Pakistani army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, on Thursday told Afghan leaders and commander of the foreign forces that the attack on a university was controlled by a Pakistani Taliban leader from the Afghan side of the border.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani assured Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday that security measures have been beefed up for Pakistani diplomats after militants attacked Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad.
Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China met in Islamabad on Monday to work out a roadmap for the revival of the stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
The second round of four-party meeting on Afghan peace process will be held in Kabul on January 18, Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
A quadrilateral meeting on peace in Afghanistan on Monday issued a joint statement, calling for immediate talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
China's Foreign Ministry said Monday it is willing to support and assist the restarting of the peace process in Afghanistan.
Senior Afghan, Pakistani, U.S. and Chinese officials are scheduled to meet in coming days to explore ways for the revival of stalled peace dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban, a top Pakistani adviser has said.
Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif will hold talks with Afghan leaders in Kabul on Sunday, with focus on revival of Afghan reconciliation process as well as better border management, the army said.
About seven Afghan army soldiers have been killed in separate incidents since early Monday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
A"process of consultations will begin in the coming days" to discuss strategy for the resumption of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said officials and diplomatic sources late Friday night.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif alongside Afghan president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday once again described Afghanistan's enemy as Pakistan's enemy and vowed to facilitate the resumption of the stalled peace talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban outfit.
Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is dead, Afghan officials confirmed on Friday.
Presiding over the weekly Council of Ministers (CM) meeting on Monday, Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Unity Government (NUG), once again accused Pakistan of harboring militancy, and asked them to stop funding and assisting insurgents.
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday apologised to Doctors without Borders (MSF) for a deadly US air strike on an Afghan hospital, as the medical charity demanded an international probe into the incident.
U.S. President Barack Obama has called Doctors Without Borders to apologize to it for the U.S. mistaken bombing of the organization-run hospital in Afghanistan, White House said Wednesday.
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