WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Monday designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations separately called out the country for engaging ...

23 November 2004 -- Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed almost four weeks after they were abducted in the capital Kabul. Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali said ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries, saying Afghan authorities arrest ...

KANDAHAR (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have killed dozens of militants in a military operation aimed at freeing a group of civilian hostages in southern Afghanistan, an army official said on ...

(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in Sunday’s rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban, the Defense Department said on Monday. Petty Officer 1st Class ...

WASHINGTON — The State Department on Monday designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations separately called out the country for engaging in ...

On Monday, the U.S. State Department designated Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention, amid allegations from the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations regarding the country’s engagement in ...