Afghanistan

CNN  —  An explosion erupted inside a mosque during evening prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others.…

This figure -- which meant there was "roughly one consular officer for every 3,444 evacuees" -- is one of several previously undisclosed details outlined in the highly critical report examining the chaotic US withdrawal last August. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahriwas killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he said delivered justice and hopefully “one more measure of closure” to families of…

Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of disease, an Afghan health ministry official said on Sunday, days after a…

KABUL, June 22 (Reuters) - The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote…

The earthquake hit at 1.24 a.m. about 46 kilometers (28.5 miles) southwest of the city of Khost, which lies close to the country's border with Pakistan, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The quake registered at a…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. The move is part of a hard-line shift drawing condemnation from…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further…

Call it the Afghan Hound that didn't bark. On Thursday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough argued that, based on western weakness in prior Russia invasions, dictator Vladimir Putin thus determined he had a "good reason" to invade…

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The clock is about to start ticking on a process that could change the face of veteran health care facilities and close some medical center doors.For years, veterans have provided feedback on their care at VA…