Pakistan, April 23 -- By all official accounts, the brief detention of Mullah Mutasim Agha Jan was a minor disciplinary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taliban soldiers carry a rocket launcher in a vehicle, following exchanges of fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, near ...

The Taliban have seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tensions are flaring along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border in Central Asia with the Tajik government reporting multiple armed ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The United States is right to be concerned about the growing security threat emanating from the region, especially considering Afghanistan’s strategic location within Central Asia. But American ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Islamabad’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

A rumor circulating online in December 2025 claimed that throughout 2025, and specifically on Dec. 8, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sent $45 million in weekly cash payments to the ...

I first met Amrullah Saleh four years ago when I was filming Return of the Taliban for FRONTLINE. We've kept in touch since. After news came that he had been forced to resign, I invited myself to his ...

Tensions are flaring along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border in Central Asia with the Tajik government reporting multiple armed incursions this month, straining its fragile relationship with ...