Afghan mixed martial arts fighters Javed Basharat and Farid Basharat claimed impressive victories against opponents from Mexico and Brazil on Sunday. The bouts took place this morning in Las Vegas, ...

A martial arts bout in Afghanistan was billed as a bare-knuckle duel for supremacy, but it has become a lightning rod for long-simmering ethnic rivalries that threaten to tear the country apart.

Hissing like a quiver of angry cobras, a group of young Afghan mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes shadow box in a Kabul club despite the uncertain future of the sport after a Taliban government ban on ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan mixed martial arts fighters Javid Basharat and Farid Basharat are set to face opponents from Mexico and Brazil, respectively, in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bouts ...

Twelve years after being shot in the face and almost killed by the Taliban for daring to champion girls’ eduction in her home country of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai ...

Ahmad Wali Hotak, a Pashtun, last month threw down the gauntlet to his longtime Tajik rival Baaz Mohammad Mubariz on Facebook, in what was expected to be an electrifying contest between two of ...