Latest Afghanistan News

Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people

Mar. 18, 2024 08:58 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, the foreign ministry said. The Afghan Taliban said the attacks killed at least eight people and prompted return fire from their forces. ...

7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan

Mar. 16, 2024 06:45 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a sprawling military post in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, the military and security officials said. At least seven soldiers were killed in the bombing and ensuing shootout. Troops responding to the...

Senators warn more visas are urgently needed for Afghans who aided the US in the war

Mar. 14, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators from both major political parties are urging congressional leaders to ensure that more visas are made available to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. troops in America’s longest war before a crucial pathway to safety in the United States abruptly closes. ...

India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims

Mar. 11, 2024 11:22 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office. The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to...

UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rights

Mar. 09, 2024 00:11 AM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is becoming an uphill struggle against widespread discrimination and gross human human rights abuses, the United Nations chief said on International Women’s Day. Secretary-General...

Violence in the Mideast, rising threats from Islamic State group in Afghanistan pressure US, allies

Mar. 07, 2024 14:59 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on American and Western interests abroad is increasing, the top U.S. commander for the region told a Senate...

Malaysian prime minister urges US and China cooperation in Asia-Pacific

Mar. 07, 2024 04:02 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister said Thursday that the United States has become more “transactional,” using rewards and punishments to achieve aims with other countries, and should be encouraged to enhance cooperation with China in the Asia-Pacific region. ...

At least 36 die in Pakistan as heavy winter rains collapse buildings and trigger landslides

Mar. 03, 2024 08:37 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Heavy rains that swept across Pakistan have left at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured, collapsed houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said Sunday. Mostly women and children were among 30...

US Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars

Feb. 27, 2024 14:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs. ...

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

Feb. 26, 2024 22:05 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded Monday that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning girls education above the sixth grade and women’s right to work and move...