The death toll from a bomb blast that hit a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province during Friday prayers rose to 47, according to local officials. Murtaza Zarifi, a security officer at the Fatimiya mosque, claimed the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers....

Speaking in the name of truth is a known virtue, but how far would you go to give your truth a platform? What cost of speaking your mind would be too expensive? For exiled Turkey-based Syrian political rapper, Amir Al-Muarri, no price is too high, as his craft and ambitions characterise...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A hospital official says the death toll from a bombing at a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan has climbed to 37, with more than 70 people wounded. Suicide bombers attacked the mosque as hundreds had gathered for Friday prayers. The attack came a week after an...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar's diplomatic point man on Afghanistan said Tuesday countries should engage the country's new Taliban rulers, warning that isolation could lead to instability and a wide-reaching security threat, as happened when al-Qaida used the country as a base to...