Tag: southern Afghanistan

Seventy Afghans were abducted Friday from their village along the main highway in the south of the country, and at ...

AFP has traced three former victims of "bacha bazi", or the sexual exploitation of boys, whose testimonies lay bare one ...

Adorned in makeup, fake breasts and bells, Jawed whirls around middle-aged men at Kabul's underground bacha bazi, or "boy play" ...

At least 20 policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as security forces sought to dislodge ...

The head of US intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security situation in Afghanistan, where the US ...

After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the ...

The group known as Islamic State is believed to be in a strong position in Nangarhar province An American special ...

Eight local policemen were killed by their colleagues after they were poisoned in their base in southern Afghanistan, officials said ...

Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick 'bacha bazi' practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and ...

Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew ...

Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for "bacha bazi" -- sexual slavery and abuse of boys -- for ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his ...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he was considering retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to serve as his secretary of ...

President-elect Donald Trump is very interested in the idea of having retired Marine Gen. James Mattis serve in his administration ...