Afghanistan

Turkey&s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan&s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif met this week in Ankara for discussions and pledged to strengthen bilateral ties and work together to help promote peace and stability in Afghanistan.  

The two leaders meanwhile raised concerns about the growing number of illegal Afghan...

Twenty-five civil society organizations including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have sent an open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council calling for urgent debate on the women&s rights situation in Afghanistan.  

In a letter sent last week, the organizations called for the debate to be held at the 50th...

The United States on Thursday added 71 Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist including several aircraft factories and shipbuilding and research institutes in its latest effort to deprive the Russian military of U.S. technology and other items.

The export restrictions are among a raft of new sanctions the Washington imposed on...

As firefighters battle a wildfire in Afghanistan&s eastern Nuristan province officials said Thursday that the blaze has been brought under control by about 90 percent.

The fire, which has raged for 11 days, has destroyed about 200 acres of forest.

The cause of the fire has not been ascertained but locals say a clash between residents resulted...