QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN // In a land with no shortage of armed extremists, the propaganda broadcast has a familiar look. A fugitive militia leader talks to a camera from a hidden mountain location, taunting the …
Just one day after a group aligned with the so-called “Islamic State” threatened to attack the Taj Mahal in Agra, two explosions struck the popular tourist city. Two crude bombs exploded on Saturday – one …
By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan The Kabul government Sunday backed U.S. calls for more foreign soldiers in Afghanistan as the armed rebels continue their strategy of waiting out foreign troops. Afghan Foreign Minister …
By ROD NORDLAND and JAWAD SUKHANYARMARCH 15, 2017 KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials sharply increased the tally of dead in an attack last week on a military hospital, saying Wednesday that at least 50 …
Mehdi Hasan March 15 2017, 9:30 p.m. I HATE AGREEING with Donald Trump. “We made a terrible mistake getting involved in the first place,” he told CNN in October, referring to the war in Afghanistan, …
By ANDREW J. BACEVICHMARCH 13, 2017 BOSTON — Remember Afghanistan? The longest war in American history? Ever? When it comes to wars, we Americans have a selective memory. The Afghan war, dating from October …
By NIHARIKA MANDHANA March 11, 2017 8:57 a.m. ET 21 COMMENTS NEW DELHI—Prime Minister Narendra Modi led his party to a landslide electoral victory in India’s most-populous state, a result that strengthens his grip on …
By RAYMOND ZHONG, NIHARIKA MANDHANA and RAJESH ROY Updated March 9, 2017 11:55 a.m. ET NEW DELHI—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned the country in November when he canceled nearly 90% of its paper …
There is no delicate way to put this: The federal government’s “war on drugs” in the U.S. has been a stupendous failure. The only way it doesn’t look quite so bad is when it is …
By EHSANULLAH AMIRI and MARGHERITA STANCATI Updated March 8, 2017 12:28 p.m. ET KABUL—Islamic State fighters disguised as doctors fought elite government forces inside Afghanistan’s largest military hospital on Wednesday in a seven-hour battle …
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