Nancy A. Youssef is a national security correspondent whose reporting has focused largely on the U.S. military and the Arab world.

Taliban commander accused directing attacks on American and NATO troops has pleaded guilty to charges against him, ...

Haji Najibullah’s plea was heard in a civilian court in Manhattan. He helped abduct David Rohde, then a New York Times ...

A group of Afghan teenage girls once found hope through music. They were then forced to escape Taliban rule and take refuge ...

Former Taliban commander Haji Najibullah pleads guilty to hostage taking and aiding attacks that killed Americans.

A former Taliban commander has pleaded guilty to providing support for attacks that killed American soldiers and for key roles in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a reporter for The New York Times and ...

The Trump administration is allowing TPS to expire for Afghans on May 20, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed this ...

Movement in Afghanistan continues to fight for women's rights, justice, and freedom, defying Taliban oppression through courageous protests and activism ...

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, who also holds the portfolio of foreign minister, visited Kabul last Saturday and, reportedly as a consequence of his interaction with the Taliban leaders, both sides ...

Gordon Lubold - profile from The Wall Street Journal. News, articles, biography and photos.

Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan’s Taliban an “ally” in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ties with Kabul ...

Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Afghan allies—including interpreters, government professionals, media members, and ...