Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's efforts to involve Pakistan in improving security and jumpstarting a peace process with the Taliban are facing domestic criticism.
There are signs that Pakistan and Afghanistan are likely to go ahead with a second round of talks between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul as part of a new push to end the Afghan conflict through a negotiated settlement and cultivating a cooperative bilateral relationship between the two neighbors.
Faced with the devastating effects of water scarcity and temperature changes, many of Pakistan's farmers are seeing not only their crops, but also their livelihoods, threatened as climate-change framework is largely ignored
Afghan lawmakers have condemned and ordered an investigation into the stoning death of a young woman accused of adultery.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has reassured Central Asian leaders that Washington will continue to support security for their countries despite withdrawing its troops from neighboring Afghanistan.
Influential Afghan political leaders are urging the government to hold a Loya Jirga or grand council to consider sweeping changes to the country's political system.
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Pakistan to avoid risky and destabilizing developments in its nuclear weapons program while working to help reignite peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to strongly resist any limits on Pakistan's use of small tactical nuclear weapons at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.
Russia has hinted at boosting its military and security involvement in Afghanistan but faces the added challenge of a troubled history.
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum is turning to Russia, an old ally, to get support for Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces.
Amid a crackdown on international aid workers, the Pakistani government has drafted a bill that would increase the requirements for foreign NGOs to operate in the country
An anti-graft hotline called Whistleblower has received thousands of calls, but existing anti-corruption offices say the project has only confused the government.
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