KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is increasingly relying on a “cheap but dangerous” national militia of some 30,000 fighters, some of whom have committed serious abuses in the communities they ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A senior Afghan militia commander alleged Wednesday that troops from Afghanistan's U.S.-trained national army beheaded four Taliban fighters to avenge the similar slaying of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Suspected Taliban rebels killed two tribal elders who were encouraging participation in elections and shot to death an Afghan militia commander in an ambush, officials said ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar said he has not seen Osama bin Laden since the hard-line Afghan militia lost power five years ago, a newspaper reported Thursday. Omar also ...

Editor’s Note: Today’s “Bolduc Brief” was co-authored by Donald C. Bolduc and Chris Hensley – GDM U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) deployed to Afghanistan in October 2001 to conduct unconventional ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 20 -- Gen. Abdurrashid Dostum, a powerful Afghan militia leader, escaped unhurt Thursday from a suicide bomb attack that injured more than 20 people during a prayer gathering ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Elated by the reported surrender of the former Taliban foreign minister, Afghan officials said Saturday they believe other Taliban figures may give themselves up. Still, they ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 24 -- A meeting of more than 1,000 Afghan leaders, billed as an effort to promote peace and unity in their besieged and divided nation, was snubbed today by key Afghan ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gunmen attacked an outpost of a government-sponsored militia and killed 10 members of the security force in western Afghanistan, officials said Thursday. The Taliban are ...

Army Special Forces Major Scott Stagner has deployed to Afghanistan four times since 9/11 on a variety of hunting and training missions. Like many soldiers, he takes issue with some of the key ways ...

From Being Viewed In A Tea Cup To An Ethnic Narrative. New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Is Pakistan-Afghanistan deteriorating ties the ...