U.S. envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, has met with leaders of the Taliban in Qatar to review the implementation of a peace deal with the Islamist insurgency aimed at ending …
Wisconsin Army Guard Soldiers back in Wisconsin from Afghanistan deployment
Approximately three dozen Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers arrived at Dane County Regional Airport June 6, following several months in Afghanistan.
‘Disaster’ looms in coronavirus-hit Afghanistan: Live updates
With hospital beds almost full, Afghan officials warn of coming ‘disaster’ as suspected cases of COVID-19 surge.
US Airstrikes Hit Taliban in Western and Southern Afghanistan
The U.S. strikes against the Taliban were the first following a brief cease-fire declared by the insurgents for a major Muslim holiday last month. A U.S. military spokesman, Col. Sonny Leggett, said …
U.S. forces conduct airstrikes on Taliban in Afghanistan
American forces conducted two airstrikes on Taliban fighters to foil the militant group’s plan to launch attacks on Afghan security forces, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, in a move that …
Afghanistan update-COVID-19
Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director of the Asia Program and Senior Associate for South Asia at The Wilson Center, and Mariam Wardak, political analyst and co-founder of “Her Afghanistan,” talk with host …
‘I know they aren’t healthy’: the energy drink craze sweeping Afghanistan
From children in Kabul to Taliban chiefs, the sweet, caffeine-heavy drinks are wildly popular, defying fears on nutrition …
In Afghanistan, the Islamic State Threatens Long-Term Peace
After a bloody Ramadan, the Afghan government and the Taliban called for a three-day truce. But Islamic State terrorists are prepared to conduct more massacres.
Correction: Afghanistan-Virus Report story
In a story published June 2, 2020, about a report on coronavirus testing in Afghanistan, due to a typographical error, The Associated Press misidentified the organization that did the report …
Daughter of murdered Afghanistan activist Dr. Nakamura begins taking on his work
Following the December 2019 fatal shooting in Afghanistan of Japanese humanitarian Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, his eldest daughter Akiko has starte …