The Taliban have placed a "Greater Afghanistan" map, depicting parts of Pakistan as Afghan territory, on Pashto poet ...

Sources within the Taliban leadership confirmed to CNN-News18 that this was not a spontaneous tribute. They said it was a ...

When the front line around Mazar-i-Sharif burst under relentless U.S. bombing, the retreating Taliban fighters knew there was only one option: to run fast and far. Retreating into Mazar-i-Sharif’s ...

Both sides accuse the other of starting the overnight fighting and breaching a fragile ceasefire agreed in October.

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- Thousands of men dance to the beat of drums as a Pashtun community in northwestern Pakistan celebrates the arrival of the new year and spring. They say that Norouz, the ...

* More recruits needed from Taliban heartlands * Police drop-out rates stand at 25 percent By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - High drop-out and low recruitment rates have hampered NATO ...

At the centre of the hostilities is the contentious Durand Line, the international border between the two nations delineated ...

The Afghan province of Uruzgan, north of Kandahar, is brutal territory. Its villages have been racked by decades of war, and the summer heat can reach an inhospitable 120[degrees]. A few weeks ago, ...

Pashtun Zarghun district, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2010: Afghan Police Capt. Abdul Zaher, left, and Staff Sgt. Darvin Cosby, 29, of Chicago, center, guard a suspect arrested by Afghan police as they ...