Afghanistan

The Chaman border crossing was closed after troops from both sides exchanged fire, leaving 15 dead.

The exercise was being held to bolster Indonesia's maritime defences amid frequent clashes with Chinese vessels.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats says not even more troops will solve problem.

'A mother gives life and this one gives death,' the pontiff said while addressing students at the Vatican.

Hekmatyar's return comes eight months after signing a peace deal with the government.

Spc. Clayton died aged 21 while documenting an Afghan Army training exercise.

Hekmatyar also calls for the Taliban to begin peace negotiations with the government.

Royal Marine shot dead an injured Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan in 2011.

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan to review the security situation.

Security situation and terrorism activities in South Asia were top of Lieutenant General HR McMaster's agenda.

Achin district governor Esmail Shinwari said there were no civilian casualties in the bombing.

The GBU-43/B bomb is the US military's largest non-nuclear device.

John Nicholson called Isis 'animals' following biggest ever non-nuclear bombing.

Afghan defence ministry says no civilians were affected in the GBU-43/B bombing.

Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor is heading an anti-Taliban operation in his province in Afghanistan.

Former US ambassador to the UK made the comments in a new book about the royal figure.

The deployment in Iraq is expected after the ongoing offensive in west Mosul ends.

General Joseph Votel highlighted the challenges in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt and Pakistan.

A new book has claimed the New Zealand SAS operation on two villages left at least another 15 injured.

'Spin Ghul' joined terror group and travelled from Nigeria to Afghanistan just before 9/11 attacks.

Aizaz Chaudhry hoped that the countries' deep economic and friendly ties will continue even under Trump's presidency.

Two-year-old Alfie Lunn went into meltdown as Her Majesty and Prince Philip approached to say "hello".

Islamist group claims responsibility for deadly attack on military hospital in Afghan capital.

A gilded fiction is still a fiction, after all.

The Pakistan-Afghanistan borders were sealed after a series of bomb blasts and suicide attacks rocked Islamabad.

The blast at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, which killed over 70, was claimed by Isis.

The al-Qaeda linked extremist group said it carried out three simultaneous assaults across the Afghan capital.

After years of covering war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Magnum Photographer Peter van Agtmael explores everyday life in the US, as a way of understanding his experiences and his country.

Sir Michael Fallon tells Munich security conference about need to stay until 'job is done'.

The Sufi shrine bombing in southern Pakistan claimed 72 lives on Thursday.