Susan A. Stout [letters, Dec. 3] criticized the religious activities of two American women rescued in Afghanistan after preaching Christianity, saying they had no right to go into a Muslim country ...

HILLSVILLE - When Chrystal Stout graduated from high school, she didn't know exactly what she would do, but she wanted to see the world. So she moved from her home Afghanistan duty claims ...

The crystal-meth industry took off around 2017, when drug traffickers discovered that the native ephedra herb could be used to make ephedrine, the key ingredient in crystal meth.

Importantly, however, there are concerns the power vacuum left by the withdrawal of foreign troops could turn Afghanistan into a new route for moving Iranian-made crystal meth to nations in the ...