The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, which killed at least 36. The group stated Shiites are a target, citing their involvement in fighting ISIS in Syria. Authorities have arrested several suspects, including the alleged mastermind, as investigations into the…

An affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing inside a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital that killed 31 people and wounded 169 others

US President Donald Trump shared an emotional phone call with the parents of fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, informing them that their son would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic sacrifice in Afghanistan more than a decade ago.

A Danish war veteran who lost both his legs while fighting alongside US forces in Afghanistan has spoken of his anger and sense of betrayal after US President Donald Trump recently said America had “never needed” its Nato allies.

“We’ve never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that. And they did — they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.” So said United States President Donald Trump recently, referring…

Pakistani security forces have killed about two dozen militants in overnight raids in the insurgency-hit southwest bordering Afghanistan

Letter: Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an article on the Taliban’s birth control ban

Pakistani police and military forces have killed over 100 "Indian-backed terrorists" in Balochistan, according to government officials

IN FOCUS: With the return of millions of Afghans to their homeland as they are forced from neighbouring nations, the country’s water crisis is spinning out of control – compounded by brutal aid cuts and how the Taliban is handling it. Nick Ferris reports