Some media reports put the number of dead at at least 14 while the Taliban claimed 150 had been killed in the attack.
A video emerged less than a week after the Taliban’s new leader had reportedly been injured during a shootout with other fighters.
Tremors of the quake were felt in neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan, and as far as northern India. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The statement on Twitter followed days of uncertainty over the fate of Mansour, after multiple reports said he had been badly wounded in the shootout.
The country is on heightened alert after reports on Friday that ten Syrians linked to the Islamic State group entered neighboring Thailand in October to attack Russian interests.
A spokesman told the New York Times reports of the leader's death were baseless propaganda.
Irek Hamidullin, 55, was the first enemy combatant from Afghanistan to be tried in a U.S. federal court of charges related to helping Taliban fighters.
In the face of severe flooding in the Indian city of Chennai and surrounding areas, Facebook has activated its safety check tool to allow people to inform friends and family that they are OK.
A Yemeni prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay for more than 13 years was thought to be a prominent al Qaeda courier and trainer, but was actually just a low-level soldier, officials said Tuesday.
The warning from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul follows a series of attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, where 130 people were killed.
No group has claimed responsibility of the attack that occurred in the eastern part of the capital of Kabul on Saturday.
The government tightened the country's asylum rules last Friday in a bid to stem the sharp rise of arrivals.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to defend her open-arms policy, while Poland requests a review of the EU's quota plan in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
The Pentagon's internal investigation found U.S. forces were aiming for a target known to be a Taliban position when they struck the hospital in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province.
European leaders, fearing another terrorist attack on European soil, are detaining refugees indefinitely, limiting their access to the outside world.
Two U.S. soldiers were reportedly captured by the Taliban Tuesday -- along with 13 Afghan soldiers -- after a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
NATO's collective defense clause has only been used once before -- after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington.
The conflict with the Islamic State group will be ultimately resolved through diplomatic and political channels, the French army chief said Sunday.
The Taliban's seizure of the city was a major setback and prompted Washington to prolong its military engagement in Afghanistan.
A leaked police memo warned of "imminent terrorist threats" from suicide bombers linked to ISIS and the Abu Sayyaf group ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.
The men were caught with Mexican nationals who were being smuggled into the U.S., the FBI said.
Balkan states have begun filtering migrants as the exodus across Europe shows no signs of slowing down.
