Pakistan struck several sites in Afghanistan early Friday in what it calls an "open war." We look at what's driving the renewed fighting.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Afghan Whigs will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band with an anniversary tour that will stop at The House of Blues Cleveland on Tuesday, May 5, with Mercury Rev opening.

Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by Pakistan threatens this community of exiles. By Elian Peltier Visuals by Asim ...

Senate Republicans this week lambasted a U.S. program to assist Afghans who served alongside troops, saying it did not properly vet tens of thousands of people who fled to the U.S. following the ...

As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to bring the Taliban to heel. This deterioration is striking, given Islamabad’s ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

Ehsaan and Sania are thankful for the life they’ve begun together in Fremont, surrounded by Afghans with stories similar to their own among the many families and businesses in an area known as Little ...

The Afghan Taliban's dreaded morality police have arrested four young men for dressing like characters from the British TV series Peaky Blinders. The men were detained in the western Afghan city of ...

When Akbari arrived in the United States from Afghanistan seven months ago, he carried with him the hope that his two young sons would finally grow up safe, educated and free. Today, as the Trump ...

Rep. Matsui, advocates oppose Trump administration's immigration crackdown on Afghan nationals, with reports of more than a dozen detentions in the Sacramento area. IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION, WITH ...

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