A former senior adviser to three International Security Assistance Force commanders offers advice on how to arrest and reverse the growing predicament in Afghanistan.
India's ambassador to Afghanistan has rejected media reports that his government is heading for a strategic shift in relations with Kabul.
Afghan batsman Noor Ali Zadran has broken a national record by scoring 229 at a regional cricket tournament watched by thousands in defiance of the ongoing violence in Afghanistan's volatile eastern regions.
Afghan refugees are on the run from the safe haven they sought in Pakistan. Tens of thousands have returned in recent months, amid claims of intimidation, extortion, and arbitrary detentions.
The idea of erecting barriers to keep undesirables at bay did not crumble with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
Pakistan claims to be a major victim of terrorism but newspapers, magazines, and websites supporting violence are thriving and have nearly achieved the status of an industry in the country.
After heavy fighting, Talban militants have grabbed a key district in restive Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced on August 25 that human rights activists from Russia, Afghanistan, and the Balkans have been named as the finalists for the 2015 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize.
The United States added the brother of the head of the Haqqani Network to its list of "specially designated global terrorists," the State Department said on August 25.
Beijing wants to restore cooperative relations between Islamabad and Kabul after a recent spat over accusations of sponsoring terror.
More than 1,000 migrants and refugees arrived in EU member Hungary on August 24, the first of at least 7,000 who overran Macedonian authorities trying to stop them at the border with Greece last week.
Afghanistan's army is attracting a large number of recruits in restive southern provinces despite fighting the biggest Taliban offensive during the past 13 years.
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