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In recent days, the Army unexpectedly canceled a major training exercise for the headquarters element of an elite paratrooper unit, officials said, fueling speculation within the Defense Department that soldiers specializing in ground combat and a range of other missions may be deployed to the Middle East as the conflict with Iran escalates.

Polish border authorities have detected a new intensification in the hybrid warfare tactics used by the Belarusian regime: the deployment of advanced, reinforced tunnels to smuggle migrants into European Union territory.

Domestic violence is now permitted in Afghanistan under newly implemented Taliban laws, with ’obscene’ cases resulting in a maximum sentence of only 15 days in prison. The Taliban’s new 90-page penal code permits husbands to physically discipline their wives and children, provided the abuse does not cause "broken bones or open wounds."

Turkish authorities report that they have prevented planned attacks on Christmas and New Year’s events after detaining over 100 suspected members of the so-called Islamic State group.

Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan decreased by 20% in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), marking a continued decline since the Taliban’s 2022 nationwide ban on poppy farming.

The Taliban confirmed attacks on Pakistani troops in multiple northern border locations, claiming 58 soldiers were killed in retaliation for airspace violations. Pakistan disputed the figures, reported heavy Taliban casualties, and closed key border crossings amid rising tensions and international calls for restraint.

The Houston man who shot and killed an Afghan refugee approached him quickly just before firing and then calmly walked away after taking the life of the father of two, his enraged family told The Post

The Qatari government astonished President Trump by securing the release of Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old American-born hostage, from Hamas captivity during his journey through the Middle East

An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

On Thursday, Russia's Supreme Court revoked a ban on the Taliban, taking Afghanistan's leaders off the list of terrorist organizations as relations between Moscow and Kabul grow closer

George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American detainee to be released by the Taliban since January.

The father of a US Marine who died in the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan expressed feeling "deeply offended" by Democrats' indifferent response to President Trump’s announcement about the capture of the mastermind behind the attack

On Wednesday, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz claimed that officials from the Trump administration obtained a confession from the mastermind of the deadly Abbey Gate bombing before bringing the "monster" back to the US overnight

The president faced backlash for his reaction at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Picture yourself as one of those naive individuals who thought references to a Biden crime family were a Republican concoction and a malicious scheme to tarnish a sincere, dedicated father, his remaining son, and other family members

In the final week of his time as president, Joe Biden seemed compelled to be dishonest or misleading about nearly all of his foreign policy "successes" — any advancements during his term happened in spite of him, not because of him

Federal investigators continue to look into what could've compelled the decorated US Army veteran to run down 14 people with a truck in New Orleans' French Quarter on New Year's Eve.

Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Year's Day.

The strikes occurred just hours after Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan, visited Kabul to talk about various topics

Antony Blinken ignored congressional demands to testify about Afghanistan. Now, he acknowledges that he and Joe share some of the blame. Why? It's all political

According to a report, as of the end of 2023, Afghanistan has experienced the largest number of children rendered homeless due to climate-related disasters compared to any other nation

The radical left likes to lecture America about “teachable moments,” and the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar certainly qualifies.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who was nabbed in Oklahoma on Monday over the alleged terror plot, was employed as a security guard for the agency but was not a CIA informant.