By NATHAN HODGE and HABIB KHAN TOTAKHIL KABUL—New details about an ambush on Afghan troops in March and the army's stumbles in the monthlong battle that followed illustrate the challenges Afghanistan faces in taking over security around the country. Afghan and coalition officials said recently concluded operations in the usually peaceful northeastern province of Badakhshan laid bare a range of problems face ...

According to local authorities in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Afghan security forces arrested at least 8 Pakistani Taliban militants in Panjwai district. District governor for Panjwai, Haji Fazal Ahmad confirming the report said the Pakistani Taliban militants were sent to suppress anti-Taliban uprising forces. Mr. Fazal Ahmad further added Taliban district governor for Zherai was also among ...

By Scott Wilson and Greg Miller The injured suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that he and his brother were driven by hard-line Islamist views and anger over the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but had no ties to foreign militant groups, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The statements made by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, from his hospital bed provide what authorities described as the cle ...

By David Ignatius The growing evidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its own population provides an opportunity for the United States and Russia, the two countries that have the most influence over the situation, to jointly force President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power. A senior Israeli military officer told several journalists here today that he’s “very close to 100 percent ...

Clashes between police and a gang of suspected terrorists in China's restive northwest region of Xinjiang killed 21 people Tuesday, state media and local government reported Wednesday. The dead include 15 police officers and community workers. Six assailants are also deceased, while eight other assailants were captured alive, Xinhua news agency said. The confrontations, which included use of knives, axes, g ...

The 6.1  magnitude quake, which hit before 2 ;30 p.m. (Pakistani Time) was felt as far away as the Indian capital New Delhi and was the latest in a spate of tremors to shake Asia this month. The quake was 65 km (40 miles) deep with an epicentre 11 km (seven miles) from Mehtar Lam, capital of the eastern province of Laghman, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At least 18 people were killed in adjacent ...

By Zaheerul Hassan  A car bomb exploded outside the French embassy in Tripoli early morning. In this blast two French guards injured and one corner of the embassy building damaged.  After the death of late Libyan leader Qaddafi, It is the first major attack on a Western target in Libya since the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghaz.  The blast destroyed part of the compound wall and shattered w ...

By Rida Zaheer Many people were injured when two large explosions struck near the finish line of the Boston marathon Monday, local media reported. The scenes of chaos, with streets littered with debris and blood and paramedics carrying stretchers. ...