PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani human rights group that has accused the military of widespread abuses as it battles Islamist militants in Pakistan's rugged border region with neighboring ...

Pakistan's military establishment has long accused a Pashtun rights movement that calls for end to conflict along the border with Afghanistan of conspiring against the state. However, the group is ...

A Pashtun clan in Pakistan wants Islamabad to honor its words by cracking down on Taliban factions in Jani Khel. Yet a two-week sit-in protest demands Islamabad avoid an all-out military offensive ...

A new rights movement is led by an activist from South Waziristan, a front line in the war on terrorism. Manzoor Pashteen has attracted thousands of followers in his nonviolent push for reform.

Pashtuns say their customs highlight their differences with the rest of Pakistan. For example, they say a Pashtun bride wears green and binds her hair in tiny braids for good luck.

Manzoor Pastheen, the leader of Pakistan's Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM) speaks during a demonstration in Lahore in April 2018. ... “We agreed that there were Taliban in our area, ...

The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) plans to go ahead with its loya jirga (grand assembly) on October 11 to discuss peace and security in northwestern Pakistan despite recent violence, including ...

Pakistan: Pashtun Activist Arrested . ... In recent years, the area has experienced attacks by the Taliban, government military offensives, and United States drone strikes.

Former lawmaker Afrasiab Khattak says Pakistan’s powerful military is worried about PTM activism because it showcases the suffering of Pashtuns in FATA and elsewhere. “Their activism has also blown ...

Ethnic tensions with minority Pashtuns have recently flared up in the area. Dawar and another legislator, Ali Wazir, are accused of leading an attack Sunday by protesters that set off a shootout ...

Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen, a 24-year-old ethnic Pashtun, was just a child when the US-led war on terror began, and it wasn't long until it was on his doorstep.