A Pakistani judge issued an order demanding the government explain why the military had helped negotiate the deal on November 27.
Pakistani Islamist activists say they will call off their weeks-long protests after reaching agreement with the government for the resignation of the country’s law minister, possibly bringing an end to days of deadly clashes in the capital.
Islamist party activists have clashed with security forces for a second day on the outskirts of Islamabad, burning vehicles before withdrawing to a protest camp they have maintained for nearly three weeks.
A leaked Afghan government document appears to show bias against ethnic Tajiks. Now the administration has come under yet another storm of controversy.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani sacked the chairman of the country's Independent Election Commission.
One of Afghanistan's most powerful former warlords has called for the complete withdrawal of foreign forces and fresh presidential elections, in an interview with RFE/RL.
The Uzbek man accused of killing eight people in the New York City terror attack first came to the United States in 2010 under the Diversity Visa Immigrant Program. Designed to provide permanent residency status to people from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States, the program is now under fire from President Donald Trump.
Former Afghan warlord Ismail Khan called for the complete pullout of foreign troops, insisting only Afghans themselves can bring peace to their war-torn nation. He was speaking to RFE/RL's Frud Bezhan in an exclusive interview in his residence in Herat, western Afghanistan.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the Western military alliance and Russia "continue to have fundamental differences," particularly regarding the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears keen to end illegal payoffs allegedly paid by cabinet members to secure endorsements from lawmakers.
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