NEW DELHI: Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan’s major cities, including Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, sharply escalating months of border tensions between the two neighbours. Officials in ...

Five years ago, the 20-year American war in Afghanistan came to an inglorious end. In April 2021, the United States had begun its final withdrawal, with the goal of pulling out the 2,500 U.S. troops ...

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Refugees arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Back in ...

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani and Afghan forces launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes on Friday, and each side claimed to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the ...

Afghan Taliban soldiers stand on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan, Feb. 27, 2026. (Wahidullah Kakar/AP) Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in ...

In the rugged geography of the Hindu Kush, isolation has long been a tool of survival. But for the Taliban-led administration in early 2026, that isolation has become a trap. Afghanistan currently ...

Canada’s proposed Afghanistan war memorial is having trouble connecting with the people it’s designed to honour: The Canadians who fought in the 12-year war. Ground was officially broken on the future ...

Both Afghanistan and Pakistan are set to promote themselves at ITB Berlin next week, pitching culture, heritage and adventure to international buyers. Yet at the same time, the two neighbours have ...