Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials in Islamabad and Kabul said on Friday, sharply escalating months of border tensions between the Islamic neighbours.

Pakistan said it is now in “open war” with its neighbor Afghanistan after months of escalating clashes and tensions over militant groups. “Our patience has now run out. Now it is an open war between ...

MELAN, Afghanistan -- Glistening with fresh paint applied by U.S. troops, the refurbished schoolhouse is a small symbol of an ambitious strategy that Afghan and foreign officials in Paktia province ...