A caseworker for a company that assists refugees was in surgery Wednesday after a Afghan refugee allegedly stabbed him multiple times, authorities in Oakland County said. Deputies in Orion ...

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Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun attack resulted in the death of a Chinese national, while his local interpreter escaped unharmed. An Afghanistan-based ...

A day-one order from President Donald Trump puts on pause the plans of Afghan allies who have been approved for resettlement in the U.S., a delay that advocates say could be the difference between ...

The U.S. secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in former President Joe Biden’s final hours in office in exchange for the release of an Afghan Taliban member in U.S. custody ...

Don't ban the Afghanistan men's side from playing international cricket but do expect them to do more for the women and girls who don't have the same rights they do. That's the opinion of two ...

But the sudden halt to USRAP has left Afghan refugees — many already approved to enter the US — in limbo, facing instability and the threat of violence. Mahnoosh Monir, a former medical ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, a prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban secured the release of American Ryan Corbett from Afghanistan, two top Israeli generals resigned over the military's ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend the US refugee program could leave at least 2,000 Afghans in limbo who had previously been approved to resettle in the US, a major Afghan ...

(NYT photo) The Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of Afghan prisoner Khan Mohammad, who had been detained in the United Stated, in exchange for American detainees. The deal was ...

According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

KABUL - An Afghan prisoner in US custody was freed in exchange for two American citizens, the authorities in Afghanistan said on Jan 21. Afghan citizen Khan Mohammad had been sentenced to life ...