A way out of the international wilderness beckons if Pakistan can broker peace between the US and Iran. That’s the hope at ...

Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan late Monday, killing at least six police officers, authorities said. The attack took place in the Arghistan district of Kandahar ...

Former U.S. hostage negotiator Roger Carstens warns that the Iranians are tougher negotiators than the Russians, the Chinese, ...

Tehran sees Islamabad as an unreliable mediator after assurances on US engagement fell through and tensions escalated.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in a rare joint interview, said Monday that the United States is committed to a regional strategy to build long-standing ...

Northern Alliance commanders have claimed two victories, including the capture of a town outside the strategically important city of Mazar-e Sharif. In Washington, meanwhile, U.S. officials said they ...

Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Facts ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Army veteran Winston T. Hencely can pursue a state-law negligence suit against military contractor Fluor Corporation over a 2016 Taliban suicide bombing at Bagram ...

Pakistan’s role as a mediator between the US and Iran is already under scrutiny after failed talks, conflicting assurances, ...

What was pitched as a diplomatic breakthrough now appears to have exposed deeper structural weaknesses in Pakistan’s military ...

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Taliban officials plan talks in Brussels with EU on deporting Afghans without legal stay, as EU states face migration ...