Russia's recent upgrade to ties with the Taliban have been followed by Indian overtures. China is already circling. “The ...

The Pakistani military is under strain on several fronts as it also faces the possibility of armed conflict with India.

Afghan women don’t need saving. They need access to opportunities. And when they get them, they will show the world just how ...

Police say at least seven people were killed and 16 wounded after a powerful bomb went off outside the office of a ...

Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, the ...

A realignment inside the Taliban, an unspoken preference for U.S. partnership and a recognition that isolation is a dead end ...

He helped abduct David Rohde, then a New York Times reporter, in Afghanistan in 2008. By Colin Moynihan Haji Najibullah once commanded more than a thousand Taliban militants who waged a ruthless ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons KABUL, Apr 25 2025 (IPS) - “Even if our ...

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US special envoy for Afghanistan, and Adam Boehler, the US presidential envoy for hostage affairs, met with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister ...

The Taliban commander was responsible for the Jaghato district in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province, court documents state. He had over 1,000 troops under his command, who he had conduct attacks on ...