
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to send troops to Afghanistan for what is said to be a training and support mission in the war-torn country. The Afghan National Security Council (NSC) announced in a statement that it had approved a proposal by the Emirates to send the forces at ...

At least seven people were killed Monday when a suicide bomber detonated near a gathering of top clerics in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, shortly after the group called such attacks a sin, police said. “Our initial information shows that the suicide attack took place when guests were exiting the tent” where ...