Afghanistan

Former Afghanistan president prays for PML-N supremo’s quick recovery

It is time now that the leaderships of these three nations strive for a unity that is local to us

Experts suggest uncertain climate changes are putting war-torn country's historic architecture at risk of destruction

Mullah Nangyalay killed in Shindand district, close to the border with Iran

The situation has sprung up new challenges for Pakistan's foreign policy

Assaults target vulnerable checkpoints in at least three northern provinces

A fair election might be the only thing that lends credibility to the Afghan government

The statement comes as local and global forces brace for another bloody winter amid renewed US-Taliban talks

Did America and its policymakers misunderstand the Clausewitzian notion of politics?

Taliban dug a tunnel into the base in volatile Sangin district and then blew it up

The hope for peace in Afghanistan in the last 40 years has been a victim of political vendetta by Afghan leaders

Turkey has been a key transit point for irregular migrants aiming to cross to Europe to start new lives

Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians, members of security forces and 2,400 US military personnel have been killed

Afghan forces have changed defensive attitude to an aggressive one, pursuing the insurgents elsewhere in the country

As a result of the attack, three others were wounded

It was the hubris of such deeply naïve bureaucrats that landed the US in this unenviable position

President Rouhani says maintaining regional security was an important topic for Tehran and New Delhi

IEC says the total turnout was over 1.8 million with Ghani securing 50.64 per cent to win the first round of voting

Pakistan welcomes announcement of preliminary results of September 28 polls

Former Soviet soldiers are still trying to make sense of a war the public condemned at the time

US military confirms death of service member in Kunduz; killing likely to impact ongoing US-Taliban talks

Key dates in the life and career Ashraf Ghani, elected president of Afghanistan in 2014

'Ghani won 50.64 per cent of votes in Sept 28 poll against Abdullah Abdullah's 39.52 per cent'

Milley says situation can only be solved by peace settlement between the Taliban, Kabul govt

Afghan health officials say more than 80 per cent of the patients will relapse

Interior ministry spokesperson says it was a Taliban bomb placed by the side of the road

Trump administration expected to announce plans to withdraw around 4,000 troops from Afghanistan

US painted rosy scenarios about a war that cost taxpayers trillions and a colossal loss in human life

Lindsey Graham's visit comes in backdrop of reports of imminent US troops withdrawal

Blood keeps spilling in the conflict-battered Afghanistan with troubling regularity

Development comes after talks between US and Afghan Taliban resumed a week ago

Over 100 civilians and security personnel have been killed in the conflict-battered country since Friday

Last year, mines and other explosive remnants of war killed or wounded 1,391 Afghans

New law doesn't extend the same protection to Muslim migrants as to six other religious minorities fleeing persecution

On Wednesday, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside hospital building near Bagram military base

Foreign affairs and defence analysts say seeds of failure were planted at the very inception of the 19-year conflict

Bill will fast-track citizenship claims for immigrants from three neighbouring countries — but not if they are...

Attack was “quickly contained and repelled” and there were no US or coalition casualties says NATO-led mission

FM Quresh­i walks out of Istanbul conference during Indian minister’s speech

Secret govt documents reveal senior US officials knew the war was unwinnable but kept the truth from their public

PIA flight PK 250 takes off for Islamabad after a delay of two and a half hours

The question is: can the renewed push for a peace deal succeed

Tetsu Nakamura was the only Japanese to receive honorary Afghan citizenship

Daesh is still capable of launching attacks on its opponents — although not with the same level of ferocity

Importers have been avoiding tax payment by documenting Iranian apples as imports from Afghanistan

Zalmay Khalilzad makes surprise stopover in Kabul to take Afghan govt into confidence on Washington’s decision

I'm illiterate... but my daughters’ education is valuable to me as there's no female doctor in our area, says Mia Khan

Days after an American aid worker for the UN was killed in a bombing in Kabul

The abuse allegedly affected more than 500 victims in Logar province

US-led coalition airstrikes force more than 1,400 IS fighters, their families to surrender