In the '80s, Afghans were "freedom fighters." Today, they're despised terrorists. Both stories were made in America ...

WASHINGTON (Valley News Live) - President Donald Trump signed a bill Friday giving the Congressional Gold Medal to the 1980 U ...

The leaders of Russia, Türkiye and Iran meet Friday in Turkmenistan, an isolated Central Asian state which is marking 30 ...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan’s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to ...

Unlike conventional corn syrup, a form of glucose derived from starch that has been around for over two hundred years, high fructose corn syrup wasn’t developed until after WW II.

We may already be on a superhighway to the sort of class- and race-stratified autocracy that it took Russia so many years to become after the Soviet Union collapsed.

While still a threat to regional stability, Sudan’s ongoing civil war nonetheless forces external interference and engagement ...

Despite its focus on the war in Ukraine, Russia shows no signs of letting go of its legacy influence in Central Asia.

Here is a look at the life of Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: December 24, 1957 Birth place: Kandahar, Afghanistan Father: Abdul Ahad Karzai, politician Mother: ...

A recent report on the CIA’s failed effort to eradicate opium in Afghanistan reflects the agency’s futility, writes Bruce Fein and John Kiriakou.