Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to become the first black US secretary of state and top military officer but whose reputation was tainted in 2003 when he touted spurious intellig...

Hundreds of students, their relatives and staff of the American University of Afghanistan gathered at a safe house on Sunday and boarded buses in what was supposed to be a final attempt at evacuation ...

The Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the hardline Islamist group will crack down on Islamic State attacks and expects them to end once foreign forces leave the country. "We hope t...

One of the last photos that Marine Sergeant Nicole Gee shared with her family from Afghanistan shows her in dusty body armour with a rifle, her long blond hair pulled back, her hands in tactical glove...

US and allied planes have flown an additional 19,200 people out of Kabul in the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, as the Biden administration makes substantial inroads into getting American ...

China's military build-up has been the largest since World War II and the real question is the intent behind the expansion as words of the Chinese PLA do not always match its deeds, Commander of t...

Boris Johnson is hosting a virtual summit of G7 leaders on Tuesday when he will urge President Joe Biden to extend the August 31 deadline for the withdrawal of 6,000 US troops from Kabul airport. If ...

A firefight involving western forces erupted at Kabul airport on Monday when Afghan guards exchanged fire with unidentified gunmen, Germany’s military said, adding to the evacuation chaos as Was...

Taliban militants are intensifying a search for people they believe worked with the US and Nato forces, including among the crowds of Afghans at Kabul’s airport, and have threatened to kill or a...

The Taliban’s top leaders have spent years on the run, in hiding, in jail and dodging American drones. They are now emerging from obscurity after a 20-year battle, but little is known about them...