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 ...

Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world.Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...

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 new military overseer of ...

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.

The dawn of the Afghan Empire began with the unification of diverse tribes under a shared banner. In a region long shaped by invading armies and shifting borders, Afghanistan forged its own identity ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 30 (UNHCR) - In a departure from the usual "go-and-see" visit, the UN refugee agency has organised a "come-and-talk" mission by Afghan elders from the Mangal tribe, who ...