The talks in the Caspian Sea town of Avaza in Turkmenistan come as the militant group challenges Afghan government forces in several large ...

The Taliban in recent weeks have brought huge swathes of Afghanistan under their control as foreign troops draw down, including the main Sh...

Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have capitalised on the last stages of the withdrawal of foreign troops to launch offensives, capturing a...

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan aft...

Troops and pro-government militiamen were deployed in the northern provinces of Takhar and Badakshan where the Taliban have captured swathe...

The Afghan military exodus comes as Taliban overrun most districts in northeastern Badakhshan province. Many of the districts collapsed wit...

But the shooting that broke out Thursday between the two militaries was the heaviest fighting in years and raised fears that it might escal...

The global economy should begin seeing signs of recovery by next year, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Wednesday during a...

China's Sinohydro on Wednesday signed a deal to build a new hydro-electric power station in Tajikistan in Central Asia worth up to 300 mill...