PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 30 (UNHCR) - In a departure from the usual "go-and-see" visit, the UN refugee agency has organised a "come-and-talk" mission by Afghan elders from the Mangal tribe, who ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) – The Afghan president met Saturday with a Pakistani cleric linked to Taliban insurgents, a meeting that marked the first public contact between an Afghan official and members of the ...

Karim Khan said that a crime against humanity was being committed by top officials against “Afghan women and girls, as well as the LGBTQI+ community.” By Marlise Simons The chief prosecutor of the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that their leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week and that they have appointed a successor – a ...

The fallout from last month's D.C. shooting — where a suspected gunman from Afghanistan killed one National Guard member and ...

ONE OF the critical components of President Obama’s new Afghan strategy is an effort to persuade large groups of Taliban to change sides. The U.S. military already is looking for opportunities to ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FINLEY-SHIELDS, Afghanistan (AP) – _ In previous years, the U.S. Army would have helped the Afghan National Army if their troops had run out of fuel or money or run into some ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Angry over civilian deaths, President Hamid Karzai announced plans Saturday to ban Afghan security forces from requesting international airstrikes on residential areas. If ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday committed to pushing reforms after his picks for attorney general and interior minister won long-sought Cabinet confirmation, while ...

An Afghan police officer who killed two American military advisers in 2012 is released early from his 20-year sentence. By David Zucchino and Najim Rahim With peace talks on hold, the Taliban have ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan’s first elected president to crack down on warlords and drugs. Karzai also offered an olive branch to the ...