When Taliban troops seized control of the Afghan capital two weeks ago, the invading units made a beeline for two critical targets: the headquarters of the National Security Directorate and the Minist...

After Lance Corporal Rylee McCollum, 20, landed in Afghanistan with his Marine unit, his father, Jim, began checking his phone for a little green dot. McCollum had not been able to talk with his son, ...

A controlled detonation by American forces that was heard throughout Kabul has destroyed Eagle Base, the final CIA outpost outside the Kabul airport, US officials said on Friday. Blowing up the base ...

The Pentagon said that two Islamic State militants were killed and one was wounded in Friday night’s drone strike in Nangahar province as part of the American retaliation for the suicide bombing...

The deadly attack on Kabul airport has underlined the realpolitik facing western powers in Afghanistan: engaging with the Taliban may be their best chance to prevent the country sliding into a breedin...

The external affairs ministry on Friday said it was premature to expect a policy on whether or not to recognise the Taliban at this moment, pointing out that the situation on the ground was too fluid ...

India, like much of the rest of the world, has decided to adopt a wait-and-watch policy on Afghanistan to see whether the new government in Kabul is entirely Taliban-run or has a power-sharing compone...

Sayed Sadaat used to be communications minister in the Afghan government before moving to Germany last September in the hope of a better future. Now he is a delivery man in the eastern city of Leipzig...

Hundreds of Afghan families who have been camping in searing heat at a Kabul park after the Taliban overran their provinces begged for food and shelter on Thursday, the most visible face of a humanita...

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan is being used by the BJP and Hindutva forces to whip up feelings against Muslims and spread Islamophobia, the CPI(M) alleged on Thursday. The Left party in a...