CIA director on ISIS: "This is going to be a long fight"

John Brennan tells "Face the Nation" what the U.S. knows about ISIS' strengths, and how to avoid "a lot of bloodshed" in their defeat

• May 31, 2015

Travel ban for 5 Taliban leaders exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl to end

The Taliban leaders were released a year ago in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

• May 27, 2015

4 dead in attack in upscale area of Afghan capital

No civilians or security personnel injured or killed during all-night siege at guesthouse in an area home to many embassies and foreign firms

• May 26, 2015

Christian Pakistani man's 140-foot mission for God

Parvez Henry Gill says God told him to do "something good" for his community, but even fellow Christians worry it could backfire

• May 26, 2015

Deadly Taliban siege continues in Afghanistan

Gunmen surround police compound after killing 26 police and troops, Afghan official says from inside compound, in longtime Taliban stronghold

• May 26, 2015

Suicide bomber levels gov't building in Afghanistan

Police say dozens injured as truck bomb explodes in southern Zabul province, near border with Pakistan

• May 25, 2015

Child Suicide Bombers

Lara Logan reports on the recruitment of child suicide bombers in Afghanistan and Pakistan and one psychologist's fight to rehabilitate youth trained by the Taliban

• May 17, 2015

GOP congressman: Obama must do more than contain ISIS

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said that outside of Iraq and Syria, the administration isn't doing enough

• May 17, 2015

Death toll mounts in Kabul attack that left American dead

More than a dozen people killed, including 9 foreigners, by Taliban gunmen who stormed guesthouse in Afghan capital

• May 14, 2015

Gunmen massacre minorities on Pakistan bus

No immediate claim of responsibility after gunmen burst into bus in Karachi carrying Ismaili Shiites and open fire

• May 13, 2015

Women in red: Afghanistan's forgotten corner

Untouched by decades of war and insurgency, life in the remote Wakhan Corridor has changed little over the centuries

• May 6, 2015
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Taliban set to double opium profits this year?

Mysterious agricultural advance may see twice as much of the drug ooze out of poppy plants, in spite of $7B spent by U.S. fighting it

• May 5, 2015

Partial justice for Malala Yousafzai

10 men sentenced to 25 years in prison for role in assassination attempt on young Pakistani activist, but it's clear much work remains

• Apr 30, 2015

Grizzly start to Afghanistan's "summer fighting season"

Taliban fighters overrun Afghan army post, and bring a gruesome end to some of the 18 soldiers killed

• Apr 13, 2015

Asteroid named after Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala

The NASA scientist who discovered the space rock said she was inspired by the teenager's work

• Apr 10, 2015

Attack on U.S. convoy kills civilians in Afghanistan

Suicide car bomber targets convoy of U.S. troops outside base gates while another attacks armored vehicles in capital

• Apr 10, 2015

Tunnels Of The Taliban

Web Extra: Steve Kroft gets a rare look inside secret tunnels the Taliban dug in Pakistan, just ten miles from the Afghanistan border.

• Feb 15, 2009

Berghdal says he was tortured by Taliban captors

The army sergeant, who is now charged with desertion said he was brutalized by his captors and tried repeatedly to escape

• Mar 26, 2015

How the U.S. is resetting relations with Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's recent trip to the U.S. signals a change in foreign policy

• Mar 26, 2015

Teacher accused of calling Muslim teen a Taliban

Alleged racial slur from Florida high school teacher infuriates family, who says punishment doesn't go far enough

• Mar 18, 2015

Deadly attack on Pakistan Christians ignites rampage

Extremists set off powerful bombs after Sunday church services in Lahore, killing at least 14; Christian mob later goes on rampage, killing at least one

• Mar 15, 2015