Russia's recent upgrade to ties with the Taliban have been followed by Indian overtures. China is already circling. “The ...

If President Donald Trump follows through on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recommendation, he will nominate Vice Adm. Brad ...

GENEVA – An even deeper humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan as tens of thousands of Afghans are being forced to return from neighbouring countries, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today ...

The United States must prevent a Turkish-Sunni bloc from replacing the Iranian-Shia bloc as the regional troublemaker.

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces overnight killed 54 militants who attempted to cross into the country from Afghanistan, ...

Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth wants the US military to be more lethal as he guts civilian casualty programmes. There’s a ...

Through these stories, Felice Friedson reveals a Middle East more complex and human than the headlines often suggest. Readers ...

The chaotic US military pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021 became a hot campaign issue in the 2024 presidential election ...

The Middle East Institute reports that former U.S. allies in Afghanistan, fearing persecution, continue to live in hiding.

“We learned with sorrow that police officers and civilians were killed and many more were wounded in an attack perpetrated against a police-training center in Paktia province in east of Afghanistan,” ...

Junichi Sumi ■ Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University with a BA in International Politics and Economics, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in ...

For Ken Kajihiro, the decision to become a volunteer firefighter was not a spur-of-the-moment choice. It was something he had ...