The Taliban leader says Afghanistan has a “golden opportunity” for unity and reconciliation. Hibatullah Akhundzada, who ...

Tashkent’s transition from a security-oriented approach to a pragmatic, economy-first foreign policy in relation to Kabul is most evident in its engagement in northern Afghanistan.

Religious schools increasingly offer a range of subjects as the mainstream education ban enters its fourth year.

Aimal Wali Khan's petition for a judicial commission to investigate the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Taliban resettlement policy was dismissed by the Peshawar High Court. The court ruled policy-making as a ...

Afghanistan is often in the global spotlight, and typically for less than desirable reasons. As someone who has traveled ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

When Andrew Sullivan thinks of the people his organization has helped resettle in America, one particular story comes to mind: an Afghan man in a wheelchair who was shot through the ...

From Iran to Belarus, Russia to Afghanistan, RFE/RL readers and listeners in countries with repressive media landscapes are ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

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Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of ...

In the wake of the attack on Jaffar Express, police in Rawalpindi have ramped up operations to apprehend undocumented Afghan nationals and criminal elements. Security has also been tightened at ...