The Isla­mic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel.

"It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC.He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August ...

While the release of Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty is to be celebrated, Americans Mahmood Habibi and George Glezmann remain in Taliban custody.

In our news wrap Thursday, California firefighters are battling new fires in the Los Angeles area, Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma and the family who owns it will pay up to $7.4 billion to settle ...

A new restaurant in Oakland is seeking to bring the cuisine of Afghanistan to new heights. Jaji, co-owned by Sophia Akbar and Paul Iglesias of Parche, walks the line between familiar and iconoclastic, ...

Karim Khan said that a crime against humanity was being committed by top officials against “Afghan women and girls, as well as the LGBTQI+ community.” ...

Nasir has barely slept in the three days since he learned that President Donald Trump was indefinitely suspending refugee admissions into the U.S. A former lieutenant colonel with the Afghan Army and ...

Retired Ambassador Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat, spoke to a hometown audience on Monday evening at a regular meeting of the Republicans of Spokane County. Crocker, who was born in Spokane, Wash., ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s applications for arrest warrants against two senior Taliban leaders is a milestone in seeking justice for serious abuses against women and girls in ...

Nutrition is one major area of mounting concern. UNICEF works with partners all across South Asia in an effort to reduce malnutrition and improve overall nutrition, by strengthening nutrition support ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Allen Hoe showed soldiers a tattered old flag Wednesday that he and fellow ...

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban ...