In rural Mason Neck, Virginia, among homes with Confederate flags hanging out front and towering pickup trucks occupying driveways, a stately brick mansion makes for an unexpected neighbor. In the ...

The government of Afghanistan took official control of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah today, raising the national flag and installing an official administrator. US-led troops are reportedly working ...

KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines brought Afghan officials to raise the Afghan flag over a formerly Taliban-held valley on Wednesday in a gesture their commander likened to a great ...

SYDNEYSYDNEY — Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, competing in the ...

* Dreaming of victory still risky in Marjah * Taliban says offensive shows NATO weak * Drugs fuel conflict By Golnar Motevalli MARJAH, Afghanistan, Feb 14 (Reuters) - NATO and Afghan troops may have ...

The U.N. has apologized after employees took photos under Taliban flags during a visit to Afghanistan. "We are aware of this photo which was taken while the Deputy Secretary-General was meeting the de ...

MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Military commanders raised the Afghan flag in the bullet-ridden main market of the Taliban's southern stronghold of Marjah on Wednesday as firefights continued to break out ...

FILE - Kimia Yousofi, front left, and Farzad Mansouri, of Afghanistan, carry their country's flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 23, 2021, in ...