While America’s longest war – the 20-year conflict in Afghanistan – ended when American forces hastily fled the country in August 2021, memories from two decades of bloody battles are still lodged ...

Curiously, when the Americans left Afghanistan after a long period of their military presence there, in 2021, and the Taliban took control of the nation, the Pakistani generals were the first to ...

America lost the war in Afghanistan. All the blood and treasure expended was – in the end – largely for naught. I understand why many who fought there might feel differently. It is terribly difficult ...

Afghanistan's decadeslong fight to eradicate the crippling polio virus has suffered a new blow after the Taliban suspended a national vaccination campaign. The hard-line Islamist group informed UN ...

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Australia is grappling with trying to investigate veterans accused of misconduct during the long war in Afghanistan, while the price tag for litigation keeps rising. The Australian government has ...

KABUL, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Battles between the Taliban and government forces were responsible for the most Afghan civilian casualties in 2014, the war's deadliest year, surpassing roadside bombs as the ...