Seemingly contradictory statements from Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have suggested at once that the U.S. now ...

Lakanwal was a member of a Zero Unit, an Afghan strike force trained and overseen by the CIA as part of its clandestine ...

Last year was actually one of increased isolation, regional tensions, and strategic failure.

ISLAMABAD -- ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan ’s military on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan is becoming a “hub for terrorists and ...

Four young Afghan men were given a Taliban warning for walking the streets dressed as Thomas Shelby from the TV hit show ...

When the Taliban swept across Afghanistan and retook power in 2021, most countries severed diplomatic ties, but now India is leading a change of heart around the world. Despite claims that its second ...

The Taliban didn’t rise from nowhere — they were built, funded, and armed in the shadow of the Cold War. Born in the ...

Pakistan recorded its deadliest year of violence in a decade, with gunfights, airstrikes, and suicide bombings marking much ...

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 ...

Deep in Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor, the Taliban are pushing a project they claim could transform the country’s future: a direct trade route to China. The road is meant to link Afghanistan to ...

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 ...