The latest wave of endorsements for new Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has U.S. intelligence officials taking notice.
An overnight shoot-out at an outpost on the Tajik-Uzbek border has ended with one Tajik border guard and one police officer killed, Tajik authorities say.
After years of fighting against the Taliban and military operations by Afghan and U.S. forces in Afghanistan’s mountainous east, an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has proved resilient.
CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary forces are summarily executing civilians during botched nighttime raids and are responsible for the disappearances of suspects, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on October 31.
At least 65 people were killed when a passenger train caught fire in central Pakistan, a provincial minister said on October 31.
Afghan and Pakistani security forces have clashed along the countries' disputed border, leaving at least three civilians dead, Afghan officials said.
NATO has reaffirmed its commitment to the long-running Afghanistan mission and said it will ensure its deployment there remains "sustainable."
Fifteen police officers have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz, a provincial council member says.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Congressional members made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on October 20, her office said.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington remains committed to “peace and stability” in Afghanistan and the fight against terrorism following a deadly attack on a mosque in the war-ravaged country.
Funerals were held in eastern Afghanistan on October 19 for victims of a bombing a day earlier at a mosque that killed at least 69 people during Friday Prayers.
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