The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

The State Department says it has added a key anti-Pakistan militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of "global terrorists.”

Arab and regional human rights organizations warned that the Houthis in Yemen, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Boko Haram in Nigeria obstructed girls' education. Coinciding with the UN's awareness campaign of "16 Days against Gender-Based Violence," the organizations held a seminar on "Girls' Education in the Islamic World" in Cairo.…

Tenants will move in 'very shortly'

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan, which injured around 20 police officers and a four year old girl

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan

A horrifying unverified video circulating on social media shows Taliban fighters picking their way through bodies strewn among prayer mats and shattered glass at a religious school in northern Afghanistan

Only elections can lead Afghanistan out of political crisis, even if they legitimise Taliban rule, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud told a conference in Tajikistan on Wednesday.

Local officials say at least 15 people killed and 20 others wounded in a bombing at a madrasa in Samangan province.

Abdul Wasi Safi was trying to reach his brother, who immigrated legally to Houston after helping the U.S. military. Legal experts say Wasi may have to serve a criminal sentence before he can pursue asylum.