The Afghan Taliban are facing unprecedented internal struggles and external pressures amid their biggest military push to seize the country.
In an explosive letter to the current leader of the Afghan Taliban, a former aide to the hard-line Islamist movement’s founder has detailed the reforms needed to gain political legitimacy and popular acceptance.
The youth in a tribal district in northwestern Pakistan are determined to rebuild their lives and strive for their rights after suffering years of terrorist brutality and displacement.
Beijing springs to longtime ally Islamabad's defense after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a ‘mother ship of terrorism’ at a recent international summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign new energy and defense agreements at a meeting of the biggest emerging nations that starts October 15.
Billions of dollars in Chinese investments billed to transform Pakistan’s destiny have run into fresh controversies, threats, and opposition.
Critics of a peace deal between the Afghan government and a militant group led by a notorious warlord accused of atrocities are protesting the agreement by changing their Facebook profile pictures to black.
In a move likely to aggravate already tense relations between the two neighbors, India is accelerating its building of new hydropower plants along three rivers that flow into Pakistan
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a notorious warlord and wartime-era prime minister, has signed a peace deal with the Afghan government. The prospective return of the "Butcher of Kabul" has opened old wounds in the capital.
Indian support for a simmering separatist struggle in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan is unlikely to radically alter the conflict in the resource-rich and strategically located restive region.
In a move likely to roil the rapidly deteriorating relations between New Delhi and Islamabad, an exiled separatist leader from Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province has decided to apply for asylum in India.
With the death of Uzbek President Islam Karimov earlier this month, the question of who will succeed Central Asia's other longstanding rulers has come to the fore. (The views expressed on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
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