On 12 August, news agency “Radio Liberty” reported about the mass arrests of the refugee-immigrants from Central Asia in Istanbul, Turkey: "There were arrested about 140 people from Central Asia over the past few days in Istanbul.

A bomb attack targeting an outdoor wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 70 others, on the night of August 20. (Agencies)

According to the new report published by the ‘Cost of War’ project, some 173,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan within the last 15 years.

On 16 August 2016, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated that an operation was launched "to reinforce troop deployment in Rajgal Valley to effectively check and guard against" movement across the porous border in Khyber Agency. The operation targeted "movement on high mountains