NPR's Sean Carberry, Radio Mashaal's Daud Khattak and International Crisis Group's Graeme Smith examine the myth and the reality of the so-called Islamic State's presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Politicians from two impoverished Pakistani provinces have opposed alleged changes to a major road and rail network linking China to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.
As U.S. President Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to India, neighboring Pakistan has questioned the high-profile trip.
Despite the recent emergence of IS in Afghanistan, an analyst doubts the group will become a serious cause in the country.
A leading democracy watchdog says global freedom suffered a "disturbing" decline in 2014, with Syria ranking as the world's least free country and Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine dealing a bad blow to democracy.
Authorities have begun firearms training for women teachers in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar. The instructions are part of the measures the government is taking to secure educational institutions.
Pakistani authorities have moved against shops selling jihadist propaganda in a southwestern city considered a key sanctuary for the Afghan Taliban.
Providing a rare view into the minds of would-be suicide bombers, a group of young Afghans detained by security forces reveal why they were willing to sacrifice their lives.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has asked the government to publicize the names of all of the militant groups it has outlawed for their roles in the violence that has killed more than 50,000 Pakistanis during the past decade.
Pakistan's recent pronouncement to ban two long-time allied Islamist militant groups active in India and Afghanistan has been questioned.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has died at the age of 90 after ruling the oil-rich Middle Eastern state as king for ten years.
A chronic scarcity of gasoline in parts of Pakistan has fueled public anger over the government's inability to swiftly address the crisis.
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