Taliban militants beheaded 17 people in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province after discovering them at a mixed-gender party where music was being played and people were dancing — a gathering that violated the Taliban'...

Gunned down with an AK47 as baying villagers cheer in delight, this is the shocking moment a burqa-clad woman was executed in Afghanistan for her part in a Taliban love triangle. The 22-year-old woman, said to have been...

In several Afghan provinces the fight to curb the growing of opium poppies seems to be a losing battle. In 2011 a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime survey said opium poppy cultivation rose by 7% overall from the p...

Nine men who ran a child sexual exploitation ring in Greater Manchester have been jailed. The men from Rochdale and Oldham, who exploited girls as young as 13 were given sentences ranging from four to 19 years. They were...

A would-be suicide bomber was arrested before he could carry out an attack targeting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a visit to Afghanistan, in an incident that underscored the persistent security challenges f...