The US today urged the Taliban to return to Afghanistan from their foreign safe havens, saying there was no justification for its announcement of annual spring offensive.

A family from Afghanistan is cooking a community meal for Bismarck residents to thank those who helped them resettle in North Dakota two years ago.

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling “I think they’re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.” – Former US Vice President Dick Cheney Last week, as the world watched the dismal war in Syria and announcement South and North Korea may seek a formal peace treaty to replace their uneasy truce, including Pyongyang possibly abandoning its nuclear ambitions, there was more bad news for America’s overstretched military in Afghanistan. Not only did U.S. Marines launch a new attack in the province of Helmand to take back – yes take back – territory previously won, but 2017 was a record year for the highest number of civilian casualties from suicide and complex attacks. The...

The Taliban has announced the start of their annual spring offensive, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but pledging to focus on US forces in Afghanistan.

A top US State Department official visited Pakistan to review the progress made by Islamabad on regional security and stability and met Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua and other senior officials in Islamabad.

The German government has been paying about $1,400 a month to a man who once allegedly guarded Osama bin Laden.
"Sami A.," from Tunisia, is said to have worked for the al-Qaida leader in 2000 in Afghanistan.
The 42-year-old has lived in Germany since 1997, receiving about $1,429 a month in welfare...

Journalist Ronan Farrow's new book, "War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence" looks at the longterm decline of the State Department and what he calls the growing militarization of U.S. foreign policy. Farrow spent several years working at State, including in the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Last week, the New Yorker won a Pulitzer Prize for Farrow's coverage of sexual assault claims against Hollywood's Harvey Weinstein. Farrow joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss America's shifting approach to diplomacy.

A man in the US who was injured by an exploding bomb in Afghanistan has become the first to receive a combined penis and scrotum transplant

A man in the US who was injured by an exploding bomb in Afghanistan has become the first to receive a combined penis and scrotum transplant