No s***, there I was, to use the old soldiers’ parlance, at the park, back in my old hometown in Iowa, joyously celebrating a ...

Pakistan says strikes were aimed at a terrorist group while Taliban condemn ‘cowardly act of aggression’ Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded ...

Spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin said Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Jason Hudson and Chief Warrant Officer Kim Doerr have been “temporarily removed from command positions” at 3rd Battalion, ...

Five years ago, the 20-year American war in Afghanistan came to an inglorious end. In April 2021, the United States had begun its final withdrawal, with the goal of pulling out the 2,500 U.S. troops ...

The Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in 2021, after the hasty conclusion to a 20 year U.S. occupation. Since then, music has been officially banned in the country. Musicians are driven underground, ...

(New York) – Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. They beat protesters and shot toward ...

Neelab Noori was 13 years old when the Taliban walked into Kabul. The first thing she noticed was the silence where her school used to be. “Soon after the takeover, the first thing they did was close ...

(Left-right) Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar chief of police, and Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, provincial governor of Uruzgan, during their visit to Kajran in Daykundi province. (Photo by Cpl. Mark ...

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While the world is distracted by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, another conflict is erupting between Iran’s neighbours. Pakistan has declared “open war” on Afghanistan after fighting intensified over ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital late Monday. Subscribe to read this story ...

KABUL, March 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's Kandahar airport, the Taliban said on Friday, a significant escalation in the worst conflict in ...