Leading Afghan women's rights champion, author, lawmaker and presidential hopeful Fawzia Koofi has a revealing anecdote about life as a woman in a...

Afghan forces are ready to take responsibility for security in 2013, the defence ministry said on Monday, reacting to a pledge to withdraw French...

The United States has freed up to 20 detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan over the past two years in an effort to promote reconciliation...

Describing the terror safe havens in Pakistan as the greatest threat to progress in Afghanistan, key US senators have said that these sanctuaries...

The United States is currently discussing with Pakistan how best to address the terrorist threats emanating from there, a top counterterrorism advisor...

The US has dismissed Pakistan's concerns on the drone strikes in its tribal areas, as a top Obama aide described it as a both 'legal' and 'ethical'...

'Two suicide attackers and two bodyguards of the governor have been killed in the attack,' Kandahar government spokesman Zalmay Ayobi told AFP.The...

A high-level group of Afghan, Pakistani and American officials will meet tomorrow for the first time since September last year for talks on the peace...