The U.S. government's human resources agency is rushing to shut down and drastically shrink entire departments in what sources familiar with the actions say will serve as a template for a second ...

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More than 150 people have died as Afghanistan battles its harshest winter in more than a decade. The United Nations says the temporary suspension of aid groups, following the Taliban's ban on ...

Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb 20: More than 40 people, most of them children, have frozen to death in what has been Afghanistan's coldest winter in years, an Afghan health official said Monday.

Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged gunfire overnight at the closed Torkham border crossing. The vital trade and travel ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A nearly weeklong closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people, causing financial losses to traders ...

An man rides his horse cart along the street as snow falls in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 25, 2015. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images) ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A nearly weeklong closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ... and leaving people stranded in harsh winter conditions, officials said Thursday.