SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgarians began withdrawing euros for the first time on Thursday after the former communist nation joined the euro currency union as its 21st member.

The United States' 20-year attempt to stand up democracy in Afghanistan descended into a cesspool of corruption and squandered as much as $29.2 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in pursuit of ...

Jige Mughalgai, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tension between the ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul have ended without agreement, with the sides trading blame for the breakdown in negotiations aimed at easing border tensions ...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early on Monday climbed to 27 on Tuesday, with almost 1,000 others confirmed injured by the temblor, according to national ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing at least 27 people and injuring 956 more, according to Dr. Sharafat Zaman Amar, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health. The ...

The two committed to stop attacking each other after the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. But the underlying causes remain, analysts warn. By Elian Peltier A cease-fire announced by Afghanistan ...

The 6.0 magnitude quake hit villages near the border with Pakistan late Sunday. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and LONDON -- The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which all but destroyed ...

Rescuers comb rubble of homes in remote mountainous area Impassable roads, rough terrain Helicopters ferry the injured to hospital Midnight quake hit at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) Taliban-ruled ...