Footage that appears to show Afghan presidential guards dragging a civilian into an official vehicle is making waves.
Shehla lives in a village near Peshawar in northern Pakistan where she looks after her ailing father alone. Struggling to pay the rent, she dresses as a man so she can labor on local building sites and avoid the stares and gossip of passersby in this traditional Pashtun community.
The relatives of alleged victims of enforced disappearances are engaged in a new protest campaign to prompt authorities to locate disappeared persons in Balochistan, where thousands have died and disappeared amid a simmering separatist insurgency.
Afghan authorities have suspended the head of the country's football federation and five other members of the organization over allegations of sexual abuse against the national women's team, officials say.
Some Afghans impoverished by a devastating drought face a life-or-death decision: either sell a child, or let the whole family starve.
Hosna Jalil, 26, has made history as the first Afghan woman to be appointed as a deputy minister in the Interior Ministry. But her critics say she is too young and inexperienced to be a leader in the country's crucial security apparatus.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has ordered an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by coaches against members of the country's national soccer team. His move comes after a former team captain alleged two coaches harassed players at a training camp in Jordan.
India and Pakistan are creating a new fenced corridor from an Indian border city to a Sikh holy site inside Pakistan to make it easier for pilgrims to visit.
Twelve-year-old Ada from the Afghan capital, Kabul, polishes shoes to support her siblings and her parents who cannot work because of poor health. She is one of an estimated 1.9 million child laborers in Afghanistan.
Afghan police officers who have lost legs in the line of duty have returned to their unit to fight the Taliban in Uruzgan Province. But some officers say they haven't been paid their salaries or received any medical support.
In the face of a major Taliban offensive, thousands of central Afghanistan's Hazara have fled -- by foot if they have to. But the road to safety doesn't lead to easy street.
Prominent British Muslims, including three imams, have joined calls for Britain to offer asylum to Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy.
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