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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday promised Afghanistan's top leaders a ``sustained`` partnership even as he moves to accelerate winding down the United States' longest war amid escalating Taliban violence. Afghan President Ashraf…

WASHINGTON: Roughly 650 US troops are expected to remain in Afghanistan to provide security for diplomats after the main American military force completes its withdrawal, which is set to be largely done in the next two weeks, US…

KARACHI: Terrorists ambushed security forces patrolling a remote district in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, killing five of them before fleeing the scene, according to a media report on Friday. Five soldiers of Frontier Corps…

President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that Afghans who helped the US military "are not going to be left behind" as his administration stepped up planning to evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreters while their applications for US entry…

HERAT: A total of 130 Taliban terrorists surrendered to the Afghan government in the western Afghan province of Herat on Thursday, a local government spokesperson confirmed. The former terrorists surrendered to the personnel of the…

WASHINGTON: Kabul could be captured by the Taliban within a year as US forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but its fall is not inevitable and will depend on a much better-run Afghan defense force, US experts say. As worries mount that the…

SAN DIEGO: In the chaotic, final hours of the Vietnam War, the US evacuated thousands of South Vietnamese who supported the American mission and were at risk under the communist government. With US and NATO forces facing a Sept. 11…

NEW YORK: Taliban insurgents have captured more than 50 of 370 districts in Afghanistan since May, the UN special envoy said on Tuesday, warning that increased conflict posed a risk of insecurity to many other countries. Deborah Lyons…

KABUL: Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Monday and encircled the provincial capital, police said, as the insurgent group added to its string of recent victories on the…

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of looming uncertainty in Afghanistan due to the withdrawal of the US troops, Pakistan on Saturday announced that it would complete the fencing of its border with the war-torn country by the end of June. Minister…