The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

It could be years before Ben Roberts-Smith and others are stripped of military awards for their service in Afghanistan and face Australian criminal court on war crimes charges, if in fact that ever happens.

Wars in Ukraine and Sudan, and the Afghanistan crisis, have forced millions to flee in search of safety.

Dozens of schoolgirls are suspected to have been deliberately poisoned in two attacks in Afghanistan, the latest in a decade of incidents in the region, intensifying fears for girls pursuing education.

Veneration of veterans gained momentum in the John Howard era and the revelations from Afghanistan have shocked many.

Iran and Afghanistan exchanged gunfire on May 27 amid rising tensions over water supplies in the region. The countries are engaged in a decades-long dispute over rights to the Helmand River, on which Iran depends to irrigate land in its arid south. The construction of dams on the Afghan side…

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg recently shared on Facebook and Instagram that he had completed the “Murph” challenge, which is named for Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan in June 2005, aged 29.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground suggest.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday met members of the Sikh community, including those who came to India following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, as part of the BJP’s month-long outreach campaign on the completion of nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…

TANGI VALLEY (AFGHANISTAN): Taliban-trained suicide bomber Ismail Ashuqullah regrets missing the chance to blow himself up at the height of the Afghan war -- like many other young men from the lush green Tangi Valley.