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.
Viewers demand police investigate the brutal treatment of a young Pakistani woman in the Swat district after Mashaal viral video draws attention to her case.
As two U.S. lawmakers pursue legislation to designate Pakistan a terror state, Islamabad is facing the threat of increasing diplomatic isolation over its inability to curb homegrown militancy and the threat it poses to its neighbors.
The Afghan government has signed a draft peace accord with notorious exiled warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way for his return after years of fighting the central authorities.
After repeated setback, the Islamic State militants (IS) are once again trying to reorganize in remote mountain region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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.
Federal prosecutors have charged a 28-year-old Afghan-American man with using a weapon of mass destruction and other charges in connection with last weekend's bombing in Manhattan.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the 28-year-old suspect wanted in connection with the September 17 blast in New York has been taken into custody after a shoot-out, law enforcement officials say.
U.S. officials say a suspicious device found in a trash can near a New Jersey train station exploded early on September 19 as a bomb squad was attempting to disarm it with a robot.
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.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to punish those responsible for what he called a "despicable" and "cowardly" attack on an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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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