Afghanistan

U.S. sends four Guantanamo prisoners home to Afghanistan

Four Afghans held for over a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been s...

Dec 21, 2014 03:28 AM EST

Despite billions in aid, U.S. unable to get Pakistan to confront militants

Since 2001 the United States has tried virtually every strategy available to persuade Pakistan's arm...

Dec 18, 2014 10:04 PM EST

'Lone wolf' Australian hostage-taker had violent, unsettled past

The self-styled sheikh behind a siege at a Sydney cafe had been charged as an accessory to murder an...

Dec 16, 2014 11:45 PM EST

Pakistan arrests suspected South Asian al Qaeda commander

Pakistani authorities have arrested a man they describe as an important commander in al Qaeda's newl...

Dec 16, 2014 04:50 AM EST

Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State

President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a toug...

Dec 15, 2014 06:02 PM EST

Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead

Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed a number of...

Dec 15, 2014 05:47 PM EST

Iran extends visas for 450,000 Afghan refugees

Iran said it had agreed to extend temporary visas for 450,000 Afghan refugees for six months, liftin...

Dec 13, 2014 09:11 PM EST

Psychologist says U.S. Senate's CIA report makes false charges

One of the two psychologists who devised the CIA's harsh Bush-era interrogation methods said on Wedn...

Dec 11, 2014 05:05 AM EST

U.S., Pakistan increase cooperation in faint hope of Afghan peace

Recent battlefield successes point to renewed willingness by the United States to work with Pakistan...

Dec 10, 2014 07:51 AM EST

Yemen al Qaeda leader criticizes IS beheadings as un-Islamic

A senior leader of al Qaeda in Yemen has criticized beheadings by Islamic State (IS) fighters as un-...

Dec 09, 2014 07:31 AM EST

World's children paying price for political rifts: TRFN

Divisions among the veto-wielding powers of the U.N. Security Council are harming the world's childr...

Dec 08, 2014 08:03 PM EST

Obama nominates Ashton Carter for Pentagon chief

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated veteran defense expert Ashton Carter as his defense secre...

Dec 06, 2014 09:32 PM EST

Kabul police chief quits after attack that group says killed three staff

The police chief of Afghanistan's capital quit on Sunday, his spokesman said, following a third dead...

Dec 01, 2014 03:59 AM EST

Hagel, under pressure, resigns as U.S. defense secretary

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, leaving under pressure as President Barack Ob...

Nov 24, 2014 09:21 PM EST

Obama approves fresh guidelines for U.S. military in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama has approved plans giving U.S. military commanders broader authority in helpi...

Nov 22, 2014 09:54 PM EST

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