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Afghan authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with Afghanistan’s Taliban-run foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. citizen held in Afghanistan for over a year has been freed, the Taliban said Tuesday. Dennis Coyle, 64, was released after ...

March 17 - Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan flared this week after the Afghan Taliban government accused its neighbour of attacking a drug rehabilitation centre and killing more than 400 ...

Amid ‘open war’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the 2015 documentary ‘Taliban Hunters’ offers relevant history on the group and the fight against ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Imagine a society in which women’s laughter in public is outlawed. One where showing their faces is a crime. A place ...

ISLAMABAD, March 17 - Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s – as a way to give Pakistan ...

A Pueblo family is fighting to bring Dennis Coyle home from Taliban captivity. Coyle has been held captive for more than 400 days with no charges. Secretary of State Marcio Rubio recently designated ...

While the world is distracted by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, another conflict is erupting between Iran’s neighbours. Pakistan has declared “open war” on Afghanistan after fighting intensified over ...

After 421 days in Taliban captivity, 64-year-old Puebloan Dennis Coyle is coming home. "Today, our hearts are filled with overwhelming gratitude and praise to God for sustaining Dennis’ life and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red Crescent volunteers carry a body of a victim, who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike on a drug users ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said at least 400 people were killed by Pakistani airstrikes on a drug treatment hospital in Kabul, marking a dramatic escalation in the conflict between the neighbors ...