Officials in Pakistan say a unilateral construction effort has erected a robust fence along “more than 70%” of the country’s roughly 2,600-kilometer border with Afghanistan, and the coronavirus …
US Defense Secretary: Afghanistan Peace Process ‘Behind Schedule’
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the peace process in Afghanistan is not going as quickly as expected, with the Taliban failing to reduce violence in the war-torn country. “It’s behind schedule, …
In Rural Afghanistan, Taliban Gingerly Welcome Girls Schools
Rahman has been running a small girls school in his own home in this remote area of rural Afghanistan, which is largely dominated by the Taliban. In a previous era, when the Taliban completely ruled …
Coronavirus live news: Russia and Afghanistan announce their biggest rises in cases
UK PM says doctors had prepared to announce his death; Iran to reopen mosques on Monday; global cases near 3.5 million …
Taliban, U.S. engage in Twitter spat amid rise in Afghanistan violence
Representatives of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents engaged in a rare public spat on Saturday, venting on social media about the stalling Afghan peace process.
Civil war, poverty and now the virus: Afghanistan stands on the brink
Desperate medics describe hell of fighting virus in middle of civil war as watchdog warns of impending health disaster …
Anthony Loyd in Afghanistan: from the Taliban to troop withdrawal
In the rose garden of the warlord walked a newly freed man. Spare-framed, his dark hair cropped in a convict cut, he was in his early thirties and had a pale, drawn face that suggested recent pain.
Former Green Beret turned Tennessee distiller made wine of out of Skittles while deployed in Kuwait desert
Andrew Lang has perfected the art of distilling using ingredients wherever he is — including in a self-made still he took with him to the Afghanistan mountains.
Report: NATO task force no longer reporting Taliban attacks in Afghanistan
Special Inspector General John Sopko criticized the move, saying the decision eliminated “one of the last remaining metrics SIGAR was able to use to report publicly on the security situation in …
US-Led Mission in Afghanistan Accused of Withholding Key Security Data
Assessing the security situation in Afghanistan is getting increasingly difficult now that Western military officials have started withholding some data on militant attacks across the country, …