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Young Afghans see opportunities dwindle as security worsens
August 16, 2017

Young Afghans see opportunities dwindle as security worsens

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sultan Hossaini sent three of his children from their rural home to the capital, Kabul, hoping they would gain degrees and employment in the new Afghanistan that was promised after the overthrow of the Taliban. READ MORE…

70 years after Pakistan-India split, Sikhs search for home
August 14, 2017

70 years after Pakistan-India split, Sikhs search for home

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Radesh Singh’s grandfather was just 11 years old when he left his village in India’s Punjab province to move to Peshawar, in the far northwest of the country on the border with Afghanistan. READ MORE…

Pentagon: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan blast
August 3, 2017

Pentagon: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan blast

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bombing attack on a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday left two American service members dead, a Pentagon spokesman said, despite repeated refusals by the U.S. military in Afghanistan to say whether there were any deaths in the assault claimed by the Taliban. READ MORE…