Pakistan and Afghanistan declared a ceasefire on Wednesday after several days of intense border fighting that left dozens dead on both sides and sharply escalated regional tensions. The latest round ...

Afghanistan says it has released three Pakistani soldiers it had captured during cross-border fighting last October.

At least 12 civilians were killed and nearly 100 others injured in Afghanistan after fresh military clashes broke out with Pakistan in a remote northwestern border region. The fighting on Tuesday ...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released three ...

(Adds detail, byline) By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD, May 23 (Reuters) - Street fighting erupted in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday as security forces mounted a new phase of their ...

Pakistani civilians were given a brief window on Friday to flee the ongoing fighting between government forces and Taliban militants in the country's north, according to military officials. The ...

The Afghan city of Jalalabad is where top al-Qaida leaders were last seen as they fled Kabul after the attacks against the U.S. on Sept. 11. The... Post-Taliban Jalalabad Fighting For Stability, Hope ...

An Afghan girl who shot dead two Taliban fighters after they gunned down her parents said she was ready to confront any other insurgents who might try to attack her. Qamar Gul, 15, killed the ...

Editor's note: Shir Agha Safi first told this story on stage at the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "Travel." The Des Moines Storytellers Project is a series of storytelling events in which ...