KABUL, Afghanistan — A spate of violence across Afghanistan has claimed the lives of nearly two dozen Afghan police officers and civilians in the past few days, including a district police official ... Read more
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In what officials called the first major terrorist attack since last week’s general elections, at least 13 people were killed and 30 injured when two bombs ripped through two ... Read more
WASHINGTON — A top Pentagon official said Thursday that the evolving war against Al Qaeda was likely to continue “at least 10 to 20 years” and urged Congress not to modify the statute that ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb tore through an American military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least three soldiers in a volatile district of the Taliban heartland. ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — The highest-ranking international military commander in Afghanistan has categorically denied any American or NATO responsibility for the deaths of at least 17 women and children after ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — Even with their spring offensive under way, the Taliban seemed bent on showing their softer side on Monday. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the group calls ... Read more
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistanis voted in parliamentary elections in high numbers on Saturday despite widespread Taliban violence, in balloting that carried historic prospects for the country’s often ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan – A demonstration that officials said had begun as a peaceful pro-government rally in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday instead turned into a bloody melee, with as many as 10 people ... Read more
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Taliban bomb ripped through a crowded political rally in Pakistan’s tribal belt on Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 45 in the deadliest attack so far of the ... Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — Under Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the new commander of international forces here, the American-led military coalition is no longer aiming to change Afghanistan. Its focus now is on a ... Read more