Opinion: Trump’s golden opportunity to win over Central Asia

On Nov. 6, the U.S. will host a meeting of the Central Asian governments: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, ...

Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the ...

Dick Cheney, former vice president who unapologetically supported wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, dies at 84

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies, architect of the nation's longest war as he plotted the global response to the 9/11 ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84

Cheney died Monday night with his “beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members” by ...
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Taliban still a major threat 8 years later

It has been nearly eight years since U.S. forces overthrew the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, but the war against the Taliban insurgency is bloodier than ever. The number of Afghan civilians killed ...

6.3 quake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20, injuring hundreds and damaging historic Blue Mosque

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to maintain a ceasefire — for now. Here's what to know

Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At ...