How did the Taliban retake Afghanistan after two decades of U.S. support and training? This video unpacks the deeper causes — ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. To Ali Olomi, a historian of the Middle East and Islam at Penn State University, a key to understanding what is ...

And I want to bring in another voice now. Wazhmah Osman is an associate professor of globalization and development communication at Temple University. Thank you for being with us. WAZHMAH OSMAN: Thank ...

After years of hostility, Russia is signaling a thaw with the Taliban, fueled by mutual enemies and economic motives. Moscow ...

A one-time Seattle reporter finds herself in the center of an international scandal, thanks to her new book, THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE. Foreign correspondent Kim Barker has spent most of the last decade ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has killed at least 20 people, striking northern Afghanistan near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The ...

At dawn on a cool October morning, officials in Islamabad and Kabul performed a rare ritual in the history of their troubled frontier: they agreed to keep talking.After five days of tense ...

Afghanistan has long been linked to cross-border terrorism. That could prove a major factor if the combatants shift from state armies to proxy militias. Every time tensions rise between India and ...