MOSCOW, Oct. 29 (JTA) The two Jews now living in Afghanistan are heirs to a 2,700-year-old Jewish presence that may include members of the tribe that makes up the ruling Taliban. Jews first ...

But, beneath this picturesque surface, deep-rooted tensions simmer between the Sunni and Shia tribes. This borderland, nestled against Afghanistan’s frontier, has known little peace — at least ...

“Killings beget killings, leading to tribes seeking revenge ... Kurram lies along Pakistan’s northwestern border with Afghanistan and has experienced sectarian violence in the past as well ...