The overtures to Pakistan by Afghanistan's national unity government have prompted former Afghan President Hamid Karzai to part ways with its leadership.
A Pakistani provincial government, once claiming to be the leading proponent of election reforms, is in hot water after controversial local elections were marked by violence and irregularities.
In a rapid reversal of warming relations with Pakistan, the Afghan president has asked Islamabad to move swiftly against the Afghan Taliban operating from its soil.
Pakistani authorities are asking a Pashtun tribe to pay for Taliban attacks before being allowed to return to their war-ravaged villages.
The recent appointment of a quiet bureaucrat as Afghanistan's defense minister is expected to stir dissent even if he is confirmed into the job.
Pakistan's failure in fulfilling commitments to President Ashraf Ghani will force the Afghan leader to once again turn to Islamabad's regional rival, India.
A controversial security deal with Pakistan has exposed deep divisions in Afghanistan's unity government.
After the tried alternatives have delivered only destruction, Afghan political elites need to allow the efforts by President Ashraf Ghani to establish new cooperative relations with Pakistan to bear fruit.
The Afghan government has rejected claims that it agreed to issue passports to Taliban leaders.
Bestselling author Ahmed Rashid sees progress in a recent 'nonofficial' meeting between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
Press freedom around the world declined last year to its lowest level in more than a decade, thanks to restrictive laws and violence. That's the finding of a new report by watchdog Freedom House, which says only one in seven people lives in a country with a free press.
A leading Pakistani political party is expected to dominate the country's biggest city despite the ongoing government crackdown.
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