Frud Bezhan

Afghanistan's ties with its neighbor Pakistan have become severely strained lately, with both sides engaging …

Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has become increasingly vocal about the country's domes…

After years of bloodshed, a tenuous calm has emerged in Helmand. Large swaths of the southern Afghan province…

The last time Afghans and Soviet soldiers faced off, it was on the battlefield. Today, more than 20 years sin…

If postwar Iraq's first major elections are the barometer of its ability to maintain security on its own, the…

For years, Badakhshan Province enjoyed life away from the action, an island of stability as war engulfed the …

As international forces leave Afghanistan, a flood of disputes over water resources threatens to be the main …

Pervez Musharraf is expected to make his return to Pakistan this week, but the former military ruler turned p…

Afghanistan's ex-spy chief has risked sparking another war of words by making a series of allegations against…

Mahmud Ahmadinejad's eulogy to Hugo Chavez might have come from the heart, but it has drawn the Iranian presi…

The death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has prompted eulogies from around the world, but few of the messag…

Pakistan's checkered role in Afghanistan has long attracted the anger and mistrust of Afghan officials. But w…

TAKHAR -- Residents of this remote district of northeast Afghanistan are finding that desperate times call fo…

Zabit Khan and his nine children are bonded laborers working to pay off family debts at a brick factory in Af…

International pressure is mounting on the Afghan government to take action against widespread torture, mistre…

After having little success playing it safe, the Afghan government is gambling on a risky new strategy to con…

SAMANGAN, Afghanistan -- An Afghan prisoner serving 20 years for murdering his in-laws is now suspected of st…

What do a young woman roaring across the desert on a flashy motorbike, a sweaty construction worker, and a mu…

A senior judge has been convicted of bribery and fired from his position after a perversion of justice expose…

A global multibillion dollar immunization campaign over the past few decades has made most of the world polio…

Hundreds of Afghan nomads, armed with pitchforks and sticks, were holding off attempts this week by authoriti…

Those looking for another avenue to watch Persian cat videos or cute antics by Iranian toddlers have been lef…

Anisa, a volunteer Afghan health worker, had just left her home and was on her way to work when two armed men…

KABUL -- When news broke of a suicide bombing at an international military complex in Kabul last month, local…