During the Chinese civil war in the 1940s, the Japanese invasion of China forced two ideologically opposed governments, the Communists and Nationalists, to cooperate to repel Japan.

The Taliban regime is not collapsing - yet. But the strain is unmistakable. What once appeared to be a unified movement is increasingly revealing deep internal divisions that the leadership can no ...

Afghanistan has plunged deeper into a crisis marked by levels of child hunger unseen in 25 years and the closure of almost ...

The most worrisome flash point in South Asia today lies not between the nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan but to the west, along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. A simmering conflict ...

New satellite imaging of the six former U.S. military bases in Afghanistan provides fresh insight into how the Taliban is reshaping the country after taking over following U.S. withdrawal in 2021.

Taliban security personnel stand guard near the Ghulam Khan border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Afghanistan's Khost province on Oct. 20, a day after a ceasefire was agreed in Doha, ...

America lost the war in Afghanistan. All the blood and treasure expended was – in the end – largely for naught. I understand why many who fought there might feel differently. It is terribly difficult ...

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 began peace talks in Doha on October 18 after extending a 48-hour cease-fire. Recent violence included Pakistani air strikes in Afghanistan, killing 10 civilians, and a ...

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 ...