The Gerard Butler movie Kandahar was filmed in Saudi Arabia, mostly in the northwestern region known as AlUla. In fact, Kandahar was the first major Hollywood production to film in that region since ...

A new book by the veteran correspondent Jon Lee Anderson captures a long war’s noble goals and crippling missteps.

My service not only brought danger to my family but has also ruined my entire family’s life,' ex-advisor to the Canadian ...

A petition sponsored by a Liberal MP is reviving calls for a fresh look at whether veterans of the Afghanistan conflict ...

KABUL, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,200 sheep out of the southern Kandahar province, the provincial department of information and culture said on Sunday. The ...

A U.N. report says dozens of its female Afghan staff have received death threats related to their work. The U.N. report ...

Authorities in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province have successfully prevented the illegal smuggling of 1,200 sheep, ...

KABUL, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Three commuters lost their lives as their car diverted from a road in the southern Afghanistan Kandahar province on Monday, Provincial Director for the Traffic department ...

The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations, according ...

Heavy machine-gun fire and explosions echoed across Kandahar city through the morning as Afghan forces, aided by NATO-led coalition troops, tried to mop up pockets of insurgent fighters, including ...

In Kandahar province, only 45 percent of the Afghan police has been through any training, said Staff Sergeant Brian Kenny, a trainer with the Canadian forces that operate in the area.

The latest word is that they are now at the border. Once inside Afghanistan, UNHCR staff based in Kandahar will escort them back to their home areas. Each returning family is expected to receive 6,000 ...