Police: Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital
A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the ...
Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan
Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing ...

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror ...

Q&A: What is known about London attack
A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks Wednesday. Q: What ...
Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted
Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been ...

Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears
Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — ...

Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is ...

Afghanistan: Suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban elder
A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, ...
UK, Denmark eye visas for Afghan interpreters
Britain and Denmark proposed Wednesday to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K.

Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading
Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the ...
Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014
Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby ...
Afghanistan: Deadly 24 hours leave 14 police dead
A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan ...
Group: More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'
The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's ...

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in ...
US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers
Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs ...

Chinese premier visits India to boost ties
Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to ...
Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent ...

Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that ...
Afghan police chief shot dead outside home
Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official ...

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone
Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has ...

Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex
Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday ...
Hagel names general to lead US troops in SKorea
An Army general who served as a top official on U.S. joint military staffs in Afghanistan and at the Pentagon is the choice to command U.S. troops in ...

Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans
A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it ...

Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage
Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her ...