Afghanistan

Tunisian Islamists concede election defeat to secular party

Tunisia's Ennahda party, the first Islamist movement to secure power after the 2011 "Arab Spring" re...

Oct 27, 2014 09:56 PM EDT

Britain ends combat role in Afghanistan, last U.S. Marines hand over base

British troops ended their combat operations in Afghanistan on Sunday as they and U.S. Marines hande...

Oct 27, 2014 01:46 AM EDT

Russian captured in Afghanistan to face terrorism charges in U.S.

A Russian captured while fighting with militants in Afghanistan and held by the U.S. military there,...

Oct 24, 2014 08:47 AM EDT

U.N. agency to cut food rations for 1 million Afghans over funding

Funding shortfalls have forced the World Food Program to cut rations for up to 1 million people in A...

Oct 14, 2014 10:34 AM EDT

U.S. Air Force probed for scrapping costly planes bought for Afghans

A U.S. government watchdog agency is asking the Air Force to explain why it destroyed 16 aircraft in...

Oct 10, 2014 03:34 AM EDT

Afghanistan is worst country for older people: index

Afghanistan is the worst country to live in as an older person, an annual index on the wellbeing of ...

Oct 01, 2014 12:56 AM EDT

Afghan, U.S. officials sign long-delayed security pact

Officials from Afghanistan and the United States on Tuesday signed a long-delayed security agreement...

Sep 30, 2014 07:13 AM EDT

U.S. may keep secret prisoners in custody after Afghan war exit

The fate of a group of prisoners held in near-total secrecy by U.S. forces at a prison in Afghanista...

Sep 30, 2014 01:04 AM EDT

Historic, anxious handover as Afghanistan swears in new leader

Afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf...

Sep 28, 2014 11:34 PM EDT

Islamic State drags Obama back into Mideast quagmire

American-led and Arab-backed air strikes carrying the fight against Islamic State from Iraq into Syr...

Sep 25, 2014 10:13 PM EDT

Ghani named Afghan president-elect after deal to end election dispute

Former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani was named president-elect on Sunday after he signed a de...

Sep 22, 2014 04:53 AM EDT

Afghan presidential rivals at last reach unity deal after disputed vote

The rival candidates in Afghanistan's messy election for a new president finally struck a power-shar...

Sep 20, 2014 07:30 PM EDT

Afghan court sentences seven men to death for gang rape in case that shook capital

Afghanistan handed the death penalty to seven men on Sunday for raping and robbing a group of women ...

Sep 08, 2014 12:05 AM EDT

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