Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan late Monday, killing at least six police officers, authorities said. The attack took place in the Arghistan district of Kandahar ...

Former U.S. hostage negotiator Roger Carstens warns that the Iranians are tougher negotiators than the Russians, the Chinese, ...

More than 400 people were killed and 265 wounded in an airstrike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, a spokesperson of the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday, in the deadliest ...

Northern Alliance commanders have claimed two victories, including the capture of a town outside the strategically important city of Mazar-e Sharif. In Washington, meanwhile, U.S. officials said they ...