US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan Wednesday, the first member of Donald Trump’s cabinet to visit the war-torn country since he pledged to stay the course in America’s longest war. The unannounced high-level visit comes as Afghanistan’s security forces struggle to beat back the Taliban, which has been ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Tuesday gave authorities in Kurdistan 72 hours to give the central government control of airports, a day after the autonomous region voted on independence. Speaking at a news conference, Abadi said his government would ban “international flights to and from Kurdistan” in three days ...
