U.S. President Donald Trump says "many decisions" have been made during a meeting with his national security advisers, including on the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan.
Tajik authorities approached more than 8,000 hijab-wearing women in Dushanbe in early August in a campaign to discourage "foreign" Islamic clothing. The state isnt telling women to take off their head scarves -- but authorities are telling women how to tie them.
Aryana Sayeed, one of Afghanistan’s most-popular -- and controversial -- pop stars, says she is unbowed and plans to go ahead with a charity concert despite objections and threats from conservatives over women singing in public.
When Naureen Laghari began following Islamist pages on Facebook, she had little idea that she was joining a web of cyber radicalization.
For years, Afghan boys from one side of the Khyber Pass made the trek across the border to better schools in Pakistan. That abruptly stopped in January as Pakistan tightened border controls. But thanks to a bit of digital technology, the kids are back in class. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
Bodies of at least 36 victims of a recent attack claimed by Islamic State militants in the village of Mirza Olang in the northern province of Sar-e Pul were reburied on August 16. At least 62 people have been confirmed dead. (Reuters)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has filed petitions with the country's Supreme Court challenging his disqualification from office over undeclared assets.
The United States says the extremist group Islamic State (IS) continues to damage religious freedom by targeting members of multiple religions and ethnicities for rape, kidnapping, enslavement, and death.
Kabul has rejected Moscow’s call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops amid a debate in Washington over its future commitments to Afghanistan.
India and Pakistan marked 70 years of independence with an energetic flag- lowering ceremony on their shared border.
As Afghanistan’s nearly four-decade old war seems to have no end in sight, a former first daughter traces her father’s footsteps toward reconciliation among Afghans as the roadmap to peace in the country.
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