Twenty countries have reported their first cases of the new coronavirus this week, bringing the total number of…

A member of Iran’s parliament announced on Monday that 50 people had died from the new coronavirus in the city of…

Donald Trump loves a good deal. And sitting in Afghanistan, much of it in Taliban-controlled regions, there’s a…

The price tag for the never-ending, but occasionally paused, war in Afghanistan is well north of a trillion dollars…

Last week, bioengineering’s most advanced prosthetics were shown off at the world’s largest orthopedics event in…

Traditional gas masks are designed to seal to your face and neck, protecting you from breathing harmful chemical or…

A major earthquake has hit northern Afghanistan this morning. It was also felt in Pakistan and northern India.

We’ve heard report after report about ISIS looting and destroying ancient archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria.…

In March 2001, the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, a pair of giant statues dating to the 6th century in…

This is a story about how the U.S. military built a lavish headquarters in Afghanistan that wasn’t needed, wasn’t…

"The guys who make our flip flops? They used to farm cocaine." The two ex-Army Rangers behind Combat Flip Flops…

I recently met two ex-Army Rangers in a bar, and got onto the topic of the war against ISIS. They told me they…

Contemporary art is sometimes bizarre, but images of weapons appearing on traditional Afghani rugs may be the…

NATO formally ended combat operations at the end of 2014, but the U.S. military couldn't just...leave. No, pulling…

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission yesterday, handing responsibility to the…

The Taliban reportedly has a new weapon in its crusade against the heretical West: remotely detonated birds. No,…

I can't stop staring at this overwhelming photo of British troops in Afghanistan. Both serene and stressful at the…

This is a male musk deer, knowing for growing fangs during the breeding season. A recent survey by the Wildlife…

The average pedestrian walks around with more sophisticated navigation and communication technology in his pocket…

When I recently set out for the Pentagon's R&D department, I instead found myself in front of a downtrodden shopping…