Pakistani government-sponsored legislation aimed at reforming the archaic governance regime in the country’s beleaguered northwestern tribal areas has stalled because of disagreements within the ruling coalition.
Hundreds of Afghans have staged a protest against Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, hours after the notorious militant leader held a large rally in Kabul to mark his return to the country under a peace deal with the government.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of Afghanistan's most notorious warlords and a former prime minister, has returned to the capital, Kabul, months after signing a peace deal with the government.
To enter Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghan border is like entering a legal "black hole" where residents have little political representation or constitutional protection owing to colonial-era laws. But a new plan aims both to bring modern justice to the restive region and to dissuade residents from joining with militants.
Notorious former Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has held talks with government representatives in eastern Afghanistan after years outside the country, his first public meetings with officials from the Western-backed government since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered further investigations into corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but ruled that he can remain in office for now.
Over the past 15 years, Pakistan and Afghanistan have frequently accused one another of sheltering hostile Taliban factions responsible for deadly insurgencies and frequent terrorist attacks in the two neighboring countries.
The U.S. has been relying on Pakistan as an ally in the war on terror in the region and has provided the country with billions of dollars in aid over the last 15 years.
A northwestern Pakistani region dubbed by former U.S. President Barack Obama as “the most dangerous place in the world” is finally getting some positive press.
A planned census in Pakistan this month has revived old controversies in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan.
A court in Kyrgyzstan has ordered opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party leader Omurbek Tekebaev to be kept in custody for two months while a fraud and corruption investigation continues against him.
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