In a sign of mounting political fever in Afghanistan, a new coalition of strongmen, all current senior government officials, have called on President Ashraf Ghani to allow Vice President Rashid Dostum to return from Turkey.
Pakistan’s deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has named his brother, Shehbaz, as his successor and nominated former Oil Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as an interim premier.
Pakistan's Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 28, ordering his removal from office in connection with corruption charges stemming from the Panama Papers leak in 2016.
Pakistan’s numerous Islamist political parties are scrambling to unite in an electoral alliance before the parliamentary elections scheduled for next year.
The failed homecoming of Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, who was barred from landing in Afghanistan after two months of medical leave in Turkey, could add fuel to an ongoing political crisis.
Government critics in the Afghan capital have pledged to continue their demonstrations, despite a deadly crackdown by security forces.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has denounced what he called the "slandering" of his family by his opponents in relation to an inquiry into their wealth, and insisted that there were no corruption charges against him.
Afghanistan is waging a war on corruption as the government looks to boost security amid a dogged insurgency.
Authorities in Afghanistan say four people have been killed amid confrontations between police and protesters demanding the resignation of President Ashraf Ghani's government two days after a deadly truck-bomb blast in Kabul.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says it has received a petition from Afghans seeking justice for alleged victims of warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Controversial Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has left the country and flown to Turkey, officials say.
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.
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