Security

Lawmaker Sees State-Sponsored Militants Behind Pashtun Activist’s Killing

A prominent leader of Pakistan's Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and member of the country’s National Assembly blamed “state-sponsored militants” for last week’s fatal attack on a leader of the movement in the country’s South Waziristan region.

A Mysterious Death In Sweden Shocks Exiled Baluch Activists Across Europe

They braved great risks to flee danger in their Balochistan homeland in southwestern Pakistan, where thousands have been killed and disappeared amid a separatist rebellion that began two decades ago.

Gunmen Critically Injure Pashtun Rights Activist In Pakistan's Tribal Areas

Unidentified gunmen have critically injured a prominent ethnic Pashtun rights activist in an attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district.

Afghans Claim Foreign Combatants Fighting Alongside Taliban In Violation Of Peace Deal

Afghan officials say hundreds of foreign combatants are fighting alongside Taliban militants in a strategic northern province, a move that if proven true would violate the terms of the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement.

Afghan Peace Process Risks Collapse As Violence Flares

Afghanistan Still Facing Aftershocks Of 1978 Communist Coup

​​On the streets in Kabul, the coup is still blamed for all of Afghanistan’s woes.

U.S. President, Qatari Amir Agree On Taliban Reducing Violence

The U.S. President Donald Trump and Qatari leader Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani have agreed on the importance of the Taliban reducing violence in Afghanistan.

Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill Dozens Of Security Force Members, Civilians

Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban militants killed dozens nationwide even as the United States tries to broker peace talks between the warring sides.

Family Of IS Victim Struggles To Survive

Nearly five years ago, Rahman Gul, a poor, middle-aged Afghan villager in the eastern province of Nangarhar, became a symbol of the atrocities the ultra-radical Islamic State militants (IS) had begun inflicting on Afghans.

Save Afghan Sikhs And Hindus From Genocide, Activists Urge

Many in tiny Sikh and Hindu community of approximately 700 people in Afghanistan say they cannot feel safe in a country where Islamist militant groups like Islamic State (IS) have put a target on their backs.

Afghans Among Unaccompanied Children Evacuated From Greek Refugee Camps To Germany

A group of 47 unaccompanied children evacuated from refugee camps in Greece arrived in Germany on April 18, German officials said.