Thousands of Afghan refugees who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and underwent a yearslong vetting process to ...

A group of militants armed with assault rifles attacked a police post in restive northwestern Pakistan before dawn on ...

The map below, using USAID data released by U.S. Office of Foreign Assistance, shows the countries where USAID spent most ...

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A Republic Day flag decoration at RVITM in Bengaluru, featuring Karnataka's map in place of the Ashoka Chakra, sparked online controversy. A flag decoration created for Republic Day celebrations ...

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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 ...

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 ...

An Afghan police official says a Chinese citizen has been killed in the country's northeast A Chinese man was killed in northeastern Afghanistan, a Taliban police spokesman said Wednesday.

The scope of the order was not clear, including whether it applied to Afghanistan's humanitarian funding, which is channelled through NGOs and United Nations agencies. Jan Egeland, the secretary ...

Taliban control over Afghanistan stands today virtually unchallenged. No political or military force appears likely to remove Taliban rule for the foreseeable future. Reacting to the regime’s policies ...