A U.S. soldier who suffered serious brain injuries and shrapnel wounds to his chest in a suicide bombing two years ago in Afghanistan is now suing the American defense contractor that employed the bomber.

A prominent Afghan political leader who once had the support of some officials to lead Afghanistan's negotiating team with the Taliban, warned the president Wednesday against squandering the best opportunity at peace in more than 17 years of war.

Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry summoned the Pakistani ambassador on Wednesday over his remarks that Afghan peace talks could be affected if India resorted to violence after last week's attack on Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir.

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling As the U.S. declares “ISIS is defeated,” or at least on the brink of collapse, the same cannot be said for the Taliban in Afghanistan. In fact, after 18 years of war, the Taliban have the upper hand in peace talks. They moreover control large regions of Afghanistan, including important urban and rural centers. But why? Why was ISIS defeated in Syria, but in Afghanistan the Taliban thrives? And what can the U.S. learn? Sealing A Common Goal One reason ISIS was defeated is the borders around where the terror group was fighting were sealed. Unlike Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, Israel, Jordan and even Syria, were all in...

Residents of Qezelabad in Afghanistan have lived for years in homes held up by unexploded weapons.

An Afghan official says at least six civilians were killed by a roadside bomb as their vehicle was traveling through the eastern province of Laghman.

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan said on Tuesday that peace talks between the United States and Afghan Taliban militants would be affected if India resorted to violence against Pakistan in response to a deadly bombing in the Kashmir region.

Thirty years after Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan, the BBC went to meet the mother of a soldier killed in the disastrous war.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is likely to meet Afghan Taliban representatives during his visit to Pakistan starting on Sunday, Pakistani government sources said, part of efforts to broker an end to Afghanistan's 17-year-old civil war.