KABUL (Reuters) - A former warlord accused of historic war crimes entered Afghanistan's presidential race on Saturday in a new challenge to President Ashraf Ghani who allowed him to return from exile ...

An Afghan police officer who killed two American military advisers in 2012 is released early from his 20-year sentence. By David Zucchino and Najim Rahim With peace talks on hold, the Taliban have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Former Afghan warlord and presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks during the presidential election debate at ...

FRONTLINE's Obama's War (October 2009) looked at how the president's new counterinsurgency strategy is shaping up on the ground in Helmand; and Return of the Taliban (October 2006) provides a rare ...

A former warlord branded the "Butcher of Kabul" made a triumphant return to the Afghan capital Thursday, met by uneasy residents two decades after leaving the city where he stands accused of killing ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – The only insurgent leader to sign a peace pact with Afghanistan's government will return to the country within weeks, his chief negotiator says, in a move that could shake up ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – The United Nations has removed the name of a former Afghan warlord from its Islamic State group and al-Qaida sanctions list. According to a statement posted Friday by the Security ...

In perhaps the first sign of real progress in peace talks between the Afghan government and insurgent groups, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar—who was once a CIA-backed Mujahideen leader of the anti-Soviet ...