Indian security forces have maintained tight restrictions across Indian-administered Kashmir during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha, fearing protests against the revocation of the Himalayan region's special status a week ago.
Authorities in a restive Afghan province have launched a unique campaign to protect the region’s vanishing archeological treasures.
A range of hard-line Islamist groups including the ultra-radical Islamic State (IS) are attempting to recruit on Afghan university campuses to turn the seats of higher learning into sanctuaries and breeding grounds for their violent campaigns and revolutionary ideologies.
Scarred by bullets and bombs after decades of conflict, Afghanistan's Darul Aman Palace is being restored to its former glory.
Pakistan's polio eradication campaign has hit serious problems with an alarming spike in reported cases that has raised doubts over the quality of vaccination reporting and prompted officials to review their approach to stopping the crippling disease.
As Pakistan investigates the alleged sex-trafficking of women to China under the guise of marriages, alleged victims are pleading for help from family and supporters back home.
The Hazara, a minority group that is targeted by Islamic extremists in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province, often live inside sealed-off communities for their own safety.
Making oil from sesame seeds is still done by camel power in the last remaining kharasi workshops of the northwestern Afghan city of Herat.
Nearly 18 years after the overthrow of the Taliban and tens of billions of dollars in aid, not a single girl has graduated from a high school in most districts of Afghanistan’s largest province.
Pakistani authorities say they have arrested a key suspect in relation to the kidnapping and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Islamabad.
Health officials in Afghanistan say polio cases are on the rise amid conspiracy theories about international vaccination programs.
Pakistan plans to establish more than 1,000 courts tasked with addressing violence against women, the country’s top judge says.
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