Afghanistan finally has a new president after months of political instability. Ashraf Ghani was sworn in on Monday. And on Tuesday, he signed a bilateral security agreement with the United States.

For their final meal together before leaving the United States in November, Habibullah Jafari's wife and her sisters cooked mantu, Afghan dumplings served with yogurt sauce. They ate cross-legged on ...

Iran has found itself boxed in by a huge US armada, but could find support from an unlikely ally in Afghanistan.