Afghanistan

The PBS NewsHour article notes that the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, following the withdrawal of U.S. and other NATO troops after nearly two...

The article reviews why the United States has repeatedly failed to translate early battlefield success into lasting political outcomes in three recent Middle East co...

Australian federal police arrested a 47-year-old former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) soldier at Sydney Airport after a flight from Brisbane and charged him wit...

The NPR article reports that five years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans who assisted U.S. troops were brought to the United States t...

The Taliban issued a directive, effective June 16, ordering government employees, judges, police and military personnel to stop using smartphones; violators face con...

In Herat province, Afghanistan, people of both sexes gathered to protest recent detentions of women and girls allegedly for violating the Taliban's dress code. Video...

On June 10, 2026, Pakistan launched airstrikes into eastern Afghan provinces Khost, Kunar and Paktika. Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government said the strikes killed 1...

A five-person delegation from the Afghan Taliban led by Abdul Qahar Balkhi met in Brussels with European Commission staff and representatives of some EU member state...

Pakistani security forces conducted a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late Sunday, followed by airstrikes targeting suspected militant hideout...

U.S. officials told CBS News that during the early April ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Iran moved multiple aircraft to Pakistan airfields, including ...

The article details a major escalation in hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with Pakistan launching airstrikes on major Afghan cities, including Kabul an...

Pakistan's defense minister, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, declared that Pakistan now considers itself in 'open war' with Afghanistan after a series of cross-border strikes...