Afghanistan

At least 14 killed, 18 wounded in suicide bombing outside Pakistan police station

The explosion took place in the Kabal area of Swat, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Police personnel cordon off a street following a suicide bombing during a protest in Pakistan's Swat district on August 2, 2026.
A security officer in plain clothes walks with his gun outside the office of the Rangers, a paramilitary force, following an explosion and gunfire reported on Saturday night in Karachi, Pakistan, June 28, 2026.

Islamist terrorists kill 10 police officers in northwest Pakistan, say police

Taliban personnel detain a woman in Herat, Afghanistan, for allegedly violating the dress code.

Female Afghan Christian convert flees Taliban, only to risk deportation in Qatar

People use a mini truck to cross a flooded road in the Argo district of Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on June 4, 2026; Illustrative.

Twenty killed, 100 missing after flash floods hit Afghanistan, authorities say


National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland secretary says

Noem's comments suggest that Lakanwal, who was part of a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan, may have embraced extremism after arriving in the US.

A picture of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who is the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members, is displayed at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel, attorney Jeanine Pirro and other authorities, in Washington, US, November 27, 2025.

All US diplomatic posts, State Department halt processing visas for Afghan nationals

US consular officers are instructed to reject any immigrant or non-immigrant visa applications from Afghan nationals, including applicants for Special Immigrant Visas.

US President Donald Trump looks on as he participates in a call with service members of US Army, on Thanksgiving, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 27, 2025.

Three Chinese citizens killed in Tajikistan by grenade-carrying drone from Afghanistan

One other Chinese national was wounded in the attack, which took place on Wednesday evening in Tajikistan's southwestern Khatlon province.

Tajikistan and China flags.

Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from 'Third World Countries' after DC attack

Trump did not identify any countries by name or explain what he meant by third-world countries or "permanently pause."

President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Immigration overhaul ordered by Trump following National Guard shooting

Trump orders a sweeping review of asylum cases and Green Cards after a National Guard shooting.

National Guard members stand together behind yellow tape, after two National Guard members were shot near the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 26, 2025.

What we know about Afghan nat'l suspected of shooting two guardsmen near White House - explainer

US Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News the US government plans to bring terrorism charges against Lakanwal and seek a sentence of life in prison "at a minimum."

National Guard members stand together behind yellow tape, after two National Guard members were shot near the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 26, 2025.

Why are tensions flaring again between Afghanistan and Pakistan? - explainer

Taliban claim Pakistani air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 9 children and a woman. Tensions rise amid cross-border attacks and accusations involving militants and India.

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i

Nine children killed in Pakistani attack in Afghan province, Taliban says

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Khost province killed nine children and a woman, the Taliban say, escalating already fraught cross-border relations.

 WOMEN WITH their children try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday.

Afghan Abdullah Haji Zada sentenced to 15 years after planning terror attack in US Election Day

“Today’s sentence, and Zada’s [...] removal from the United States, reflect [...] his betrayal and our commitment to use every tool at our disposal to detect and disrupt such plots," said Eisenberg.

 A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

Taliban policing hospital entrances, denying entry to women without complete burqa covering - MSF

The report comes after women were left laying in rubble for hours, waiting for female rescuers following an earthquake.

Afghan women and children wait for their turn to see a doctor at Yaka Dokan health clinic run by nonprofit organization World Vision, in Yaka Dokan village, Herat, Afghanistan