She was an experienced Washington Post war correspondent and he was a decorated Green Beret, known as 'Lawrence of Afghanistan' for his ability to rally the local Pashtun tribes to his side.

The Pakistani security forces and the Afghan Taliban fighters exchanged fire at the main Torkham border crossing in the wee hours of Monday, following their failed talks to reopen the crossing, in ...

CHAPARHAR, Afghanistan — Like hundreds of thousands of Afghans who ... told Xinhua recently in his village. Living in a ...

"I love seeing a village that's been brought back to life." Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura was renowned for his work building irrigation systems that transformed part of Afghanistan. He was ...

Prior to the ceasefire, tensions have remained high in the Torkham area and its surroundings, with both sides having engaged ...

$39.95 ISBN 978-1-61176-180-1 Khaled Hosseini’s third novel is told via a series of interlinking stories—beginning in an Afghanistan village in 1952 when an impoverished man named Saboor is ...

Residents of Bacha Mina, a village near the border on the Pakistani ... There has been no immediate response from Afghan authorities regarding the closure. The move comes amid rising tensions ...

a village near the border, were evacuated to Landi Kotal. Bacha Mena is home to the Shinwari Khugakhel tribe, including some Afghan nationals, the sources added. The injured were also taken to ...