Washington dispatched a top envoy to meet with allied Kurdish forces inside Syria last week, a State Department official said Monday, following tensions after Turkey began operations in the war-torn country. Washington found itself trapped between two key allies who are bitter foes — NATO partner Turkey, and the Syrian ...
Two Taliban suicide bombers on foot struck close to the Afghan defense ministry in Kabul during late afternoon rush hour on Monday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 91 others, officials said. The latest militant assault on the Afghan capital comes as the Taliban intensify their nationwide offensive against ...