He risked his life for American soldiers in Afghanistan. Would America let him in?

What began as a battlefield partnership became a deep friendship, as an American veteran worked for years to help an Afghan ...

Iran hosts regional talks on Afghanistan, but Kabul stays away

A regional meeting hosted by Iran on Afghanistan underscored calls for lifting sanctions and strengthening regional ...

A final report on 20 years of Afghanistan Reconstruction finds billions in waste

The U.S. poured billions of dollars into rebuilding Afghanistan for two decades. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with John Sopko, the former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

Photos capture Afghanistan’s traditional buzkashi tournament near Kabul

Riders from different Afghan provinces compete in the final of Afghanistan’s annual buzkashi tournament on the outskirts of ...

U.S. mission in Afghanistan was "two-decade long effort fraught with waste," watchdog finds

The final report this week from the special inspector general for Afghanistan identified $26 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. reconstruction spending in Afghanistan since 2009.

How a child bride escaped Afghanistan and became a bodybuilding champion

Aided by her mother, Mahtab Amiri, who coordinated her escape, she left the country with Erfaan and was driven to Iran. From ...

Pakistan's top general calls on Afghanistan to pick between ties with Islamabad or Pakistani Taliban

Pakistan’s newly appointed chief of defense forces has warned Afghanistan’s Taliban government to choose between maintaining ties with Islamabad or supporting the Pakistani Taliban, the militant group ...

Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Trade War With No End in Sight

After deadly cross-border military clashes, the Pakistani and Afghan governments have locked their populations in a trade war threatening the livelihoods of millions.