The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

The capital Kabul has the most international flights, but no Afghan airport has direct routes with major tourist markets like China, Europe, or India. Despite the challenges, Saeed wants Afghanistan ... Read More

US signals greater willingness to engage with the Taliban

US diplomats say it’s hard trying to balance human rights concerns with helping the more than 20 million Afghans in need of emergency assistance. Read More

The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at an Israeli convoy

Officials say Egypt is sending a high-level delegation to Israel in the hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. Read More

Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan

(CNN) — New video evidence uncovered ... seeking US help to flee the Taliban takeover of Kabul. For two years, the US military has insisted that the loss of life was caused by a single explosion, and ... Read More

New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban

The new documentary "The Sharp Edge of Peace" begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament and a women's rights activist, recovering in a hospital bed after ... Read More

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Israel has reduced the number of hostages that it wants freed during the first phase of a new truce in Gaza ... led to demonstrations across the Arab world. Arrests suggest governments fear ... Read More

The Latest | 2 Palestinians killed and 3 injured in confrontations with Israeli forces in West Bank

The Palestine Red Crescent Society confirmed the two deaths and said three people were wounded, including one ... killed 1,200 Israelis in a surprise attack, mostly civilians. Read More

Taliban attack on Nato base foiled

Coalition forces have repelled an attack by the Taliban ... Nato base. As many as 14 militants were killed in the incident on Friday, at Camp Salerno, near Khost, while no foreign or Afghan troops ... Read More

The Longest-Serving Commander of the War in Afghanistan Held the Role for 915 Days

By 2018, President Donald Trump outlined a new policy that would ultimately lead to an escalation between Taliban and American forces. When the Trump Administration excluded Kabul from peace talks ... Read More

Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan

(CNN) — New video ... to flee the Taliban takeover of Kabul. For two years, the US military has insisted that the loss of life was caused by a single explosion, and that troops who reported ... Read More

The Latest | 2 Palestinians killed and 3 injured in confrontations with Israeli forces in West Bank

Israel said Friday it had opened a new ... soldiers. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said one of its ambulances was fired at by Israeli forces as medics were trying to treat one of the wounded. Read More