The military’s intelligence network in Afghanistan, designed for identifying and tracking terrorists and insurgents, is increasingly focused on uncovering corruption that is rampant across Afghanistan’s government, security forces and contractors, according to senior American officials.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said a “long and difficult” fight looms in Afghanistan, on a day when eleven civilians and three US-led soldiers were killed in the war-torn country.

Ever since Israeli commandos stormed a ship carrying aid to Gaza killing nine activists, the face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – the man who led denunciations of the raid – has been prominent on front pages and television screens across the Middle East.

It’s a controversial time for British women to be wearing the hijab, the basic Muslim headscarf. Last month, Belgium became the first European country to pass legislation to ban the burka (the most concealing of Islamic veils), calling it a “threat” to female dignity, while France looks poised to follow suit. In Italy earlier this […]

As the US death toll in Afghanistan reaches 1,000, many analysts within US pose serious questions over the fate of a wrenching war that nine years on shows no sign of nearing an end.

ISLAMABAD – Almost each and every street of the Federal Capital is infiltrated with notorious Blackwater, TheNation’s investigations reveal.

Prosecutors and defence lawyers have been discussing a possible plea bargain for a young Canadian held on terrorism charges at the US military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a defence lawyer has said.

As if the adult media’s vitriol wasn’t enough, the seven-million strong American Muslim community, is now being faced by the alarming publication of a series of ‘children’s books’, containing misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the Islamic faith. The 10-book series – entitled the “World of Islam,” – is published by Mason Crest Publishing in collaboration […]

Taliban on Thursday claimed victory after the US military withdrew this week from a rebel-infested area in eastern Afghanistan that became known as the “Valley of Death”.

GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian center for the defense of prisoners said on Monday that there are still 340 Palestinian children in Israeli jails exposed to many deliberate violations against their basic rights.