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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…

Officials: Young Afghans trafficked to study under Taliban
August 1, 2017

Officials: Young Afghans trafficked to study under Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It was a routine check. Two vans, both without license plates, were stopped earlier this month by police in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, where Taliban hold sway in large swaths of the countryside. READ MORE…