When the Taliban collapsed in late 2001, a power vacuum was created in Afghanistan. With Taliban troops and officials gone from most villages and cities, government offices—from police stations ...

Hazaras form a majority of the population in the central highland region of Afghanistan known as Hazarajat, and are a significant minority in the cities of Kabul and Mazar-i Sharif. 2 Most are ...

An executive order has halted refugee flights for Afghans who supported the American mission in Afghanistan and had been ...

By 2014, the overview says, the Afghanistan army will be expected to assume the lead all across the country, and the bulk of American troops will have come home. The White House has been playing ...

10. Here are some reasons why Canadian Forces might stay in or might leave Afghanistan a) Some experts say that if Canadian Forces left Afghanistan, it would undermine international efforts to ...

BACKGROUND: What has changed in Afghanistan in 20 years ANALYSIS: A new order begins under Taliban rule Unicef said the house-to-house immunisation campaign beginning on 8 November would aim to ...