A senior Afghan official says Pakistan has been tasked with bringing a group of 10 influential Taliban representatives to Islamabad during the first week of March to take part in direct talks with the Afghan government.
Pakistan's effort to counter a simmering separatist insurgency in southwestern Balochistan Province has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians, but their plight remains invisible as they receive little attention from national authorities and international aid groups.
Amnesty International has warned that human rights and the laws and institutions meant to protect them are under threat around the world from an "insidious and creeping trend" among governments that are deliberately attacking or neglecting them.
President Barack Obama has unveiled plans to transfer the last remaining detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and shut down the controversial facility for good.
Members of the Afghan government and Taliban representatives are expected to meet by the first week in March in Islamabad for the first direct talks since peace process broke down last year
The Pentagon is preparing to submit a long-awaited report to Congress about closing the U.S. military's detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Winter had led to a lull in fighting in northern Afghanistan. But in recent weeks a renewal of hostilities has seen power lines coming from Central Asia cut and some amazing allegations from Afghan officials about militants in the north and their ability to sustain their efforts.
With fewer U.S. troops on Afghan soil, local forces face a worsening Taliban insurgency while Afghan officials call for more air attacks
It seems a pattern of governance has emerged, or rather reappeared, in Central Asia: the dynasty.
Thousands of soldiers, police deployed to protect new Gwadar trade route as country’s economy will rely heavily on its success
Money troubles and a military stretched by war in Syria and Ukraine have prompted Russia to reverse plans to send more troops to Tajikistan -- despite what Kremlin officials say is a growing threat from Islamic militants across the border in Afghanistan.
Days after his supporters claimed Afghanistan's first vice president is staying away from government business over power sharing, Abdul Rashid Dostum says he is performing his official duties.
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