The Taliban said they had been in talks with the Biden administration to exchange Afghans in U.S. custody for Americans detained in Afghanistan.

As investigators try to piece together what drove a Bronze Star recipient in the U.S. Special Forces to commit suicide in a ...

The Biden administration is negotiating for the release of three Americans in exchange for releasing at least one Afghan ...

SPECIAL REPORT – In the waning days of 2024, The Cipher Brief asked members of our expert network to look to the year ahead, ...

Amb. DeTrani: That China and the U.S. realize that there are a myriad of global security issues on which we can and should ...

They want to avoid the televised debacle of America’s chaotic retreat, in the full light of television, from Afghanistan in the summer ... a few miles from the headquarters of the Central Intelligence ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer in charge of handling the Haqqanis ... To secure their lines of access into Afghanistan, the Haqqani network became deeply involved in the Shi’a-Sunni ...

Meanwhile, Russian news agency Interfax reported that the Russian Parliament ... The move has sparked debate, especially considering the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and Central Asia’s heightened ...

He was soon sent on deployment to Afghanistan where he ... British agencies through our own central agencies and will investigate this further,” a senior officer said. The involvement of Pakistan’s ...

As Donald Trump and his next administration threaten Mexican drug cartels, experts warn their plan could endanger Americans.

Fmr CIA analyst Sarah Adams made the case for US to stop funding Taliban, predicting, "2025 will be a reckoning..." ...

T he role of director-general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is the second-most powerful job in the country.