U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump wants combat forces of the United States and its allies reduced in Afghanistan before the next U.S. presidential election in November 2020.
A bomb has targeted the Kabul office of President Ashraf Ghani’s running mate, Amrullah Saleh -- wounding the vice presidential candidate on the first day of campaigning for Afghanistan’s September 28 presidential election.
Pakistan’s military says at least 10 soldiers have been killed in separate attacks by militants in North Waziristan and Balochistan.
More than 50 people have been killed in a wave of attacks across three Afghan provinces, including the capital, Kabul, despite renewed momentum in peace efforts to put an end to the country's nearly 18-year war.
Days ahead of the formal start of campaigning for this year’s presidential election in Afghanistan, candidates and their supporters are concerned about the growing security challenges in the country.
In recent months, Afghan government forces have made notable gains in some frontline Afghan provinces by reclaiming lost territories from the Taliban insurgents.
A range of hard-line Islamist groups including the ultra-radical Islamic State (IS) are attempting to recruit on Afghan university campuses to turn the seats of higher learning into sanctuaries and breeding grounds for their violent campaigns and revolutionary ideologies.
Afghanistan's Health Ministry says a Swedish aid group has reopened dozens of health centers it operates in the country.
Afghanistan’s Health Ministry says at least eight people have been killed when an explosion struck near the entrance to Kabul University.
U.S. President Donald Trump has faced criticism for saying Pakistan's arrest of the alleged mastermind of the 2008 attacks in Mumbai had come after a 10-year search, as the suspected militant had been living freely.
An Afghan regional governor said 25 members of the country's elite commando units have been killed in fighting with the Taliban.
Pakistanis are debating whether the country’s current army chief should be given a new term in office beyond November, when he is set to retire.
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