Government troops drew closer to Raqqa, the largest city overseen by the Kurds, raising U.S. concerns about the renewal of a ...

A BBC investigation reveals how attitudes to women, the internet and religion are dividing the group at the very top.

While exploring Afghanistan, I never expected to find myself caught in the middle of a Taliban parade in Mazar-e-Sharif. The ...

After flying back from Mazar to Kabul, I spend the day exploring the city through its traditional food — from smoky chopan ...

Once proud of its reputation as Central Asia’s democratic outlier, Kyrgyzstan now looks like a typical resident of the ...

Deadly clashes between local residents and a gold mining company in northern Afghanistan have left four people dead and five ...

Pakistan’s military on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan is becoming a “hub for terrorists and non-state actors,” widening its ...

Pakistan and China have called for more visible and verifiable steps to eliminate terrorist organizations based in ...

The US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro - praised by President Donald Trump as stunning and powerful - leaves behind uncertainty about who is running the oil-rich country. Trump said on ...

A suicide bomb exploded near a U.S.-led coalition military convoy in Afghanistan on Friday, killing 5 civilians, a coalition soldier and an Afghan soldier, military and police officials said. Three ...

Built during a cosmopolitan era in the 1960s, the Ariana closed when the Taliban took power, but it was still standing. Now it’s making way for a shopping mall. By Safiullah Padshah and Elian Peltier ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Through the dust kicked up by the pounding hooves of a scrum of horses and riders, a winner emerges. The victorious team gallops around the playing field, holding a flag ...