Outgoing President Hamid Karzai has praised Afghans for embracing democracy following a largely peaceful first round of voting for president and local offices that featured a high voter turnout.
A quiet, little-know bureaucrat has emerged as Pakistan's point man for concluding peace with the Taliban, whose ruthless decade-old insurgency has killed tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers.
Prominent women politicians in Pakistan have rejected a proposal from a leading Islamist party for separate national and provincial parliaments for women.
Nearly three years after Islamabad announced modest political and judicial reforms in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, the region's century-old draconian Frontier Crimes Regulations have not changed.
The recent death of Afghanistan’s Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim has left a leadership vacuum only weeks before the country holds a crucial poll to elect a new president on April 5.
A senior Pakistani government official says Iranian claims are wrong about the presence of rebels in remote regions of Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan.
With the campaign for the April 5 Afghan presidential election in full swing, coalition- building in the fragmented nation has emerged as a key strategy for winning votes.
Afghan presidential candidates have concluded their second consecutive day of a televised debate.
Afghan presidential hopefuls at a televised debate ahead of the April vote have pledged to tackle widespread corruption and hold peace talks with the Taliban.
RFE/RL correspondent Bashir Ahmad Gwakh looks into the positions of the five leading contenders on the key issues in Afghanistan.
Intellectuals, lawmakers and clan leaders from northwestern Pakistan's tribal areas have complained that they are left out of Islamabad's talks with the Taliban.
In a rare move, a provincial government in a restive Pakistani province is protesting to pressure the federal government to end kidnappings.
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