Taliban Capture Key Afghan District; 9 Police Killed
The Taliban captured a key district centre in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Thursday while in the country's north, an ...
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White US Veteran Charged With Murder ‘targeted Black Men’
A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old homeless black man in New York was charged Thursday ...
Russia May Be Supplying Taliban Fighters
The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and ...
400,000 Afghan Children Expected To Drop Out of School
More than 400,000 Afghan children are expected to drop out of school this year in the face of growing insecurity ...
Russia ‘perhaps’ Supplying Taliban
Russia is "perhaps" supplying the Taliban as they fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a top US general said ...
Emboldened Taliban Capture Key Southern District
Taliban fighters captured the strategic southern district of Sangin on Thursday, officials said, another setback for Afghan forces in opium-rich ...
Afghanistan Music Fans Hail Trailblazing Talent Show
Music fans in conservative Afghanistan Wednesday hailed the groundbreaking finale of a popular television singing competition, in which the first ...
UNESCO Raises $75.5 Mn To Protect Heritage From War, Terror
Seven countries and an American donor on Monday pledged $75.5 million (70 million euros) to a UNESCO-backed fund aimed at ...
Pakistan PM Orders Reopening of Border With Afghanistan
Pakistan on Monday ordered the border with Afghanistan to be reopened "immediately", a month after it was closed amid soaring ...
George W. Bush Portrait Collection Tops Bestseller Lists
A book collection of paintings of military veterans by former US President George W. Bush has raced to the top ...
Three US Soldiers Wounded In Afghan ‘insider Attack’
Three American troops were wounded Sunday when an Afghan soldier opened fire in southern Helmand province, officials said, in the ...
Rap, Stilettos and A Musical Revolution
Smokey-eyed Zulala Hashemi, standing tall in four-inch gold heels, wants to sing for women. The 18-year-old has become the first ...
Indian Agency Foils ISIS Plot To Kill Muslim Clerics In UP
Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has foiled the plans of a terror module planning to target Shia clerics and Islamic education ...
In Backing Syria’s Assad, Russia Looks To Outdo Iran
In Aleppo, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang shoulder-to-shoulder with those of his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, signalling Moscow's ...
Ancient, Near-Pristine Buddha To Make Kabul Museum Debut
Having withstood time, the elements, looters and war, a spectacular Buddha restored and removed from one of Afghanistan's most dangerous ...
State Dept, Int’l Community Worried By US Budget Cuts
With his department reeling over President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts and the international community worried, US Secretary of State ...
UN Praises Iran’s ‘exemplary’ Refugee Efforts
While Iranians would bear the brunt of Donald Trump's visa ban, which has been blocked on the orders of a ...
Afghans Find Some Escape As ‘family Cinema’ Opens In Kabul
The lights go off, the projector whirls,and for the first time in years Afghan families find themselves sharing popcorn and ...
Trump’s Wall Poses A Dilemma For Hispanic Contractors
Some Hispanic business owners in the United States are offering to help build President Donald Trump's wall to keep out ...
Afghan Military Rejects Claims Insiders Aided Hospital Attack
Afghanistan's defense ministry Wednesday shrugged off allegations that insiders were involved in a catastrophic insurgent attack on the country's largest ...