Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and ...

Engaging with the Taliban on what is required by the international community for them to be formally recognised is perhaps the only way forward.

I will never forget the time I witnessed a meeting at the U S Embassy in Kabul when the ambassador was screaming at the USAID ...

During the time the U.S. was at war in Afghanistan, the U.S government and especially the military recruited Afghanistan citizens ...

Foreign aid often is connected to wars overseas. The top five recipients of U.S. aid (including both USAID and non-USAID ...

I sat at the dining-room table, with a clear view of the sitting room. Madam Bedi settled herself on a white sofa, and the ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — They helped the U.S. military order airstrikes against Taliban and Islamic State fighters and worked ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed Pentagon employees, promising to bring accountability for the Biden administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and ripped the notion that ...

Opinion: This commentary's author discusses how current debates about the military's role in stifling cartels bring to mind ...

The news release then listed 12 examples, plucked from the websites of right-wing media. But the numbers cited – as low as ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday chided past celebrations of the U.S. military's diversity in a broad address to ...

Here’s a look at the life of Mullah Mohammed Omar, who is credited with creating the Taliban. Personal:Birth date: circa 1958 Death date: circa 2013 Birth place: Afghanistan Marriages: Had at least ...