A Taliban spokesperson tells The Associated Press that a British couple was detained in Afghanistan over a small matter and the courts will rule on it based on Islamic law.

Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the ...

Pakistan's military says its security forces have raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest near the Afghan border ...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has started the mapping of Afghan citizens in line with the Pakistan government’s policy to repatriate them to Afghanistan, officials said. Thousands of ...

Pakistan's military says its security forces have raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest near the Afghan border and killed nine militants.

The map shows the southwestern Pakistani ... has implications beyond Pakistan’s borders. The province shares borders with Iran and Afghanistan, and cross-border movements of militants have ...

Fifty-two years ago, the last American combat troops serving in Vietnam departed the Asian country to return home. The Vietnam veterans, unlike soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 21st ...

A strong earthquake with its epicentre in Myanmar shook several countries in south-east Asia on Friday. The United States ...

At least 144 people have been killed and more than 700 are injured in Myanmar after powerful earthquakes struck South-East ...

Summary: Israel pounds Gaza, killing at least 42 Palestinians since dawn, according to Gaza medics. The renewed attacks come ...

He also briefed the media about the difficult and mountainous terrain surrounding the incident site near Sibi, using a map slide, and the operation ... the terrorist incident have been traced back to ...