Afghanistan

Afghans should not misconstrue America's sudden, contentious and near-total withdrawal from parts of Syria as a precursor to a similar move in...

European Union officials called Sunday for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying the breakdown in talks between the US and the Taliban presented...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Kabul Sunday on an unannounced visit, an Afghan official said.Esper's visit -- his first to Afghanistan...

European Union officials called Sunday for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying the breakdown in talks between the US and the Taliban presented...

Villagers searched for the bodies of their loved ones on Saturday in the rubble of a mosque in eastern Afghanistan that collapsed in a blast...

An Iraqi man has been charged in Australia with people trafficking in connection with the drowning deaths of more than 350 asylum seekers in...

At least 28 worshippers were killed and dozens wounded by a blast inside an Afghan mosque during Friday prayers, officials said, a day after...

An "unprecedented" number of civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan from July to September this year, the United Nations said in a new...

At least three people were killed and about 20 children wounded when a Taliban truck bomb detonated near a rural police station and partially...

Hundreds of people were killed or wounded in violence related to Afghanistan's recent presidential election season as the Taliban sought to undermine...

Afghanistan's war cost 13-year-old shoe shiner Hameedullah his education. Poverty forced Sabir, 11, to flee home and sell dried fruits on Kabul's...

Afghans headed to the polls amid tight security Saturday as voting got under way in the presidential election, following a bloody campaign that...

Afghans head to the polls amid tight security Saturday to vote for their next president, following a bloody, two-month election campaign that...

Candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election pushed their messages for the last time Wednesday as campaigning for weekend polls wrapped...

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 24 people near a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, with the insurgents warning...

A suicide bomber killed at least 24 people outside a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Tuesday, less than two weeks ahead of elections...