Factional rivalries, tribal loyalties, authoritarian rule and hardline policies are testing Afghan regime cohesion ...

A recent attack by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) against Chinese nationals in Afghanistan has raised questions, with analysts ...

Although American strategic interests in the region greatly diminished following the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, the region’s altered political dynamics, ...

New satellite imaging of the six former U.S. military bases in Afghanistan provides fresh insight into how the Taliban is reshaping the country after taking over following U.S. withdrawal in 2021.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested the spokesman of the local Islamic State affiliate, a militant figure designated a terrorist by the United States in 2021, state-run media ...

A recent report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a U.S. government watchdog, has revealed that billions of dollars’ worth of weapons and military equipment that ...

Though aid dollars to Afghanistan are intended to improve the humanitarian situation on the ground, in practice they have worked to stabilize the Taliban—and indirectly help Iran evade international ...

A bombing that killed seven people and injured a dozen more at a noodle restaurant in a busy area of Kabul is likely to heighten China’s growing security concerns in Afghanistan. By Elian Peltier and ...

A rumor circulating online in December 2025 claimed that throughout 2025, and specifically on Dec. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sent $45 million in weekly cash payments to the ...