A new report says Afghanistan is increasingly relying on a "cheap but dangerous" national militia of some 30,000 fighters, some of whom have committed serious abuses in the communities they are supposed to protect.
Nine Afghan employees of a government development program have been killed in their guesthouse in a remote village of northern Afghanistan's Balkh Province.
Dozens of insurgents attacked several checkpoints in southern Afghanistan, killing 26 security forces' personnel in a day-long battle.
Among the treasure trove of documents released by U.S. authorities May 20 detailing terrorist leader Osama bin Laden's life and aspirations are some morsels throwing further light on his rift with Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq.
As investigators consider the possibility of an inside job, details surrounding a deadly Taliban attack that targeted foreign partygoers at a popular Kabul guesthouse remain sketchy.
Pakistani officials say at least 43 members of a minority Shi'ite Muslim sect were killed when gunmen opened fire on their bus in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
Officials in northern Afghanistan say the Taliban have been joined by foreign fighters from the Islamic State (IS) militant group in the ongoing fighting in Kunduz province.
At least seven people, including two ambassadors, were killed when a Pakistani military helicopter crashed on May 8.
A NATO official says Afghan security forces will defeat a Taliban insurgency near the northern city of Kunduz that has caused thousands of people to flee their homes.
Afghan security forces battled Taliban militants on the outskirts of Kunduz city on April 28 as the Taliban continued their push for territory in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz Province.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded a two-day visit to Pakistan after signing accords worth some $46 billion to set up an economic corridor linking the two countries.
Dozens of people have been reported killed in a suicide attack on a crowded section of Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar.
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