but by years of civil war and a ten year war with the former Soviet Union when it invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The U.S. response during this time was a) to arm and train Afghan rebels fighting the ...

The December collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was stunning. Not only did it mark the end of the Assad family’s ...

Afghanistan is "heading towards civil war" as the UK prepares to withdraw its citizens, allies and troops, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace told BBC Breakfast that it was likely that ...

Pakistan-Taliban war: Amid rising tensions with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, Pakistan is allegedly plotting to trigger a civil war in Afghanistan, a fear which has escalated after ISI chief ...

Many of their members were former Mujahedeen fighters who had been trained in Pakistan during Afghanistan's civil war in the '80s and '90s. They came together with the aim of making Afghanistan an ...

Today most aid to Afghanistan and other war-torn countries flows through United Nations offices that my agency has identified as having weak oversight. If we are to continue providing taxpayer ...

The fate of Afghanistan is at stake in this stubborn war against women ... Qatar – talks from which representatives of Afghan civil society groups, including women's rights movements, had ...

I reported from Afghanistan for three years starting in 2011 and I’ve covered the war in Ukraine since shortly before Russian troops and tanks crossed the border in early 2022. In terms of U.S ...

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 left the nation at a pivotal juncture. Today, Afghanistan faces an acute humanitarian crisis and increasing influence from China, Russia and Iran.

Retired Col. Eric Terashima rates scenes portraying the Afghanistan War in movies. During his 30 years of service, Terashima had 12 deployments, including eight combat tours, three of which were ...

Pakistan-Taliban war: Amid rising tensions with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, Pakistan is allegedly plotting to trigger a civil war in Afghanistan, a fear which has escalated after ISI chief ...