BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Afghan tribes are needed as crucial battlefield allies against the Taliban and other extremists in the same way local militias rose up to oppose insurgents in Iraq, the ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Growing violence in the southern province of Kandahar ahead of Afghanistan's presidential election next week highlights a rift between Pashtun tribes that could tip ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.

KABUL (Reuters) - While U.S. forces prepare to send up to 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, behind the scenes Afghan government officials are working to engage tribal elders as a way of undermining ...

Special Forces Maj. Jim Gant says officers looked for excuses to get rid of him. WASHINGTON — -- When the U.S. military relieved Special Forces legend Jim Gant from command in March 2012, he saw ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. JALALABAD, Afghanistan • Six weeks ago, elders of the Shinwari tribe, which dominates a large area in southeastern Afghanistan, ...

In the last year, the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation has worked to protect its cultural sites from more than 850 land development projects around the Los Angeles Basin, thanks to a ...

The new top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that more American troops are urgently required to combat a worsening insurgency, but he stated emphatically that no Iraq-style "surge" of ...

Residents of Upper Dir bid an emotional farewell to Afghan refugees, with a viral video of two schoolgirls saying goodbye ...

The Trump administration has yet to announce a policy on Afghanistan. For that, at least, we must be thankful. There is no basis on which to offer any recommendations: that would require shared goals ...

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The Association of South East Asia Nations, comprising 11 states with a population of over 700 million mainly middle-income people, is now China's biggest trading partner while ...