The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Officials say Pakistani security forces, after nearly an 18-hour long operation, have killed all ten militants who attacked a military facility in the northwest, leaving eight soldiers dead

Recent heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan cause casualties, property damage, and transportation accidents.

Taliban officials say heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others

A Taliban official says that a storm that brought heavy rainfall to eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 35 people

Devastating storm in eastern Afghanistan claims lives, causes injuries, and widespread destruction, highlighting urgent need for humanitarian aid.

Crimes against humanity are occurring with impunity around the globe; from Myanmar to Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere. And yet, unlike international treaties for the crimes of genocide, torture, apartheid and forced disappearances, there isn’t a treaty specific to crimes against humanity.

From Launceston to the Twenty20 World Cup, McDermott has done a lot.

obel laureate Malala Yousafzai called for Pakistan to stop deporting undocumented Afghans, saying she was especially concerned about the "dark future" awaiting women and girls sent back.

With their homes torn apart by war and conflict, refugee doctors in Queensland are getting an opportunity to be back in hospitals until they qualify to work.

Australian veterans of Middle East wars have been remembered at the first of a yearly ceremony honouring their courage and service.

Hugh Bayley says NGOs would also benefit as he releases report on impact of UK programme in Afghanistan