A bronze star military doctor is back home in Central Georgia after serving in Afghanistan for the past year. Dr. Norman Hetzler has deployed overseas 24 times, but this was his first time going …
Charikar flood survivors mourn dead as Afghanistan grows increasingly vulnerable to climate change
Natural disasters are nothing new to Afghanistan or Pakistan – but floods may become more frequent as climate change alters weather …
Pakistan says 5 militants killed in raid near Afghan border
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces shot and killed a local militant commander along with four of his associates in a raid on Monday near the border with Afghanistan. It …
Taliban talks will be one of hardest peace negotiations in history: Afghanistan VP
Peace talks between Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban are set to start in the next couple days, the Afghan vice president told Al Arabiya on Monday, adding that the negotiations will be one of …
Mortar kills 6 from single family in Afghanistan
A mortar shell hit a residence in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least six members of a single family, an official said on Monday. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor, …
Pakistan nominates new envoy to Afghanistan
Pakistan on Monday nominated its new ambassador to Afghanistan as direct negotiations between Taliban and Kabul aiming to end nearly two decades of war are set to begin. Mansoor Ahmad Khan, a veteran …
Afghanistan’s new ambassador to Delhi refers to India as generous neighbour
Farid Mamundzay has been appointed Afghanistan’s ambassador to India at a time when the Afghan government is gearing up to initiate peace talks with the Taliban.
200 Sikh families from Afghanistan put up in gurudwaras across Delhi
Close to 200 families belonging to the Sikh Community who have arrived here from Afghanistan have been put up at Gurudwaras that are run by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee …
As U.S. air war in Afghanistan surged, investigations into civilian harm plunged
As the war in Afghanistan was becoming increasingly deadly, a decline in U.S. military investigations produced an incomplete account of the missteps that resulted in civilian harm.
‘I don’t get it’: Trump said to have questioned why retired Gen. John Kelly’s son fought in Afghanistan — during a Memorial Day visit to his grave
President Donald Trump “can’t fathom the idea of doing something for someone other than himself,” a friend of Kelly’s told The Atlantic.