Pakistan in recent years has seen a spike in youth radicalization. Some experts believe the education system in the country is one of the factors that contribute to the rise of extremism among youth. VOA's Umer Farooq spoke with experts at Peshawar University.
The Pakistani government has launched a mobile application to help people report hate and extremist propaganda.
Afghans have opposed a Facebook campaign calling for boycotting Norouz celebrations because they are un-Islamic.
Shukufa Haideri has been boxing for 10 years. She says other Afghan women must "get out of the house, fight, learn, and do sports."
Impunity, weak institutions, and a lack of accountability have prompted more than 1 million Afghans to submit statements on alleged atrocities to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is still weighing whether to initiate a war crimes investigation.
Pakistan, Iran, and nations in the Middle East are among the countries that are least likely to have job opportunities for women, resulting in high rates of female unemployment there, the United Nations has found.
Transgender people gathered at a police station in Peshawar, as Pakistan issued its first driving licenses with an 'X' on the spot where the driver's gender is recorded.
An organization in Pakistan’s insurgency-wreaked regions says its preliminary lists have identified thousands of people who have disappeared over the past 15 years.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has paid tribute to Pakistani right activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir following her death by cardiac arrest, praising her courage in campaigns for justice and equality for all.
The suspects acquitted this week in the mob lynching of a Pakistani university student falsely accused of blasphemy received a hero's welcome following their release from detention.
A Pakistani court has sentenced one person to death and five other people to life imprisonment over the mob lynching of a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy in 2017.
A shocking honor beating video of a woman in northern Afghanistan reveals that the government's reliance on anti-Taliban militias for security in "secure" regions has unintended consequences.
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