Local officials in Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan, have said that Al Qaeda has a strong presence in the province’s districts alongside the Durand Line and in border areas between ...

Ten years ago today, just a month after September 11, US military planes began bombing Taliban training camps in Afghanistan. Now, after $338 billion has been spent and 1780 American lives have been ...

(CNN) — A bomb blast at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban killed six worshipers during Friday prayers, police said. Several others ...

An Afghan official rejected the idea of a renewed presence for the U.S. military in the country, but left the door open for “political and economic relations.” By Elian Peltier Reporting from Karachi, ...