More than 1,086 years ago, the twelfth imam in Twelver Shiite Islam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Askari, entered what is known in prevailing Shiite belief as the “Major Occultation.” Since then, the ...

There was never going to be a single response in Kashmir to the death of an Ayatollah in Iran. There rarely is. In the days that followed, reactions unfolded in multiple directions at once. Some ...

The US/Israeli war on Iran might be like messing with a hornets' nest, spreading fear and chaos all around. The Israeli government claimed that the war was a "preventive" measure to address an ...

The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening relations between the neighboring countries. By Elian Peltier Safiullah Padshah and ...

Pakistan continued to strike areas in several provinces of Afghanistan early on Friday morning, including the capital, Kabul, according to the Afghan Taliban, as Islamabad said it was responding to an ...

A shooting in Washington, D.C., threw their immigration status into jeopardy — and brought attention to a long-hidden dimension of America’s war. Mohammad IqbalCredit...Victor J. Blue for The New York ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said they are preparing "an appropriate and calculated response" to Pakistani air strikes that killed at least 18 people in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. Afghan ...

Pakistan launches cross-border strikes in Afghanistan Kabul says civilians killed, vows response Strikes follow deadly suicide bombings in Pakistan Border tensions threaten fragile ceasefire KARACHI, ...

Pakistan said Sunday it carried out airstrikes on militant camps across the border in Afghanistan, in a serious test of an uneasy peace between the neighbors. Pakistan’s information ministry said its ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan declared “open war” Friday on Afghanistan, after the two South Asian neighbors traded overnight attacks in a sharp escalation of their long-running dispute. Both sides ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pakistan claims airstrikes killed at least 70 militants in Afghanistan, but Kabul says civilians including women ...