Abubakar Siddique, a journalist for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, specializes in the coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the author of The Pashtun Question: The Unresolved Key To The Future Of Pakistan And Afghanistan.
Escalating violence in parts of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province has forced authorities to close most schools, depriving thousands from education.
In a rapid reversal of warming relations with Pakistan, the Afghan president has asked Islamabad to move swiftly against the Afghan Taliban operating from its soil.
With the advent of the traditional spring and summer fighting season, Taliban insurgents have opened multiple fronts in Afghanistan's biggest province, Helmand.
Regional expert Marvin Weinbaum talks about the fierce opposition President Ashraf Ghani faces in Afghanistan and the significance of the agreement for the South Asian region.
A leading U.S. scholar on Afghanistan sees no visible efforts by Islamabad to reciprocate Kabul's measures to reset their bilateral relationship.
Thousands of seasoned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan fighters have dominated the conflict across Afghanistan as its security forces scramble with the escalating violence.
Bestselling author Ahmed Rashid sees progress in a recent 'nonofficial' meeting between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
Two impoverished Pakistani provinces are increasingly uneasy over the nearly $50 billion in Chinese investments being manipulated to serve the dominant eastern province of Punjab.
Pakistan's Ahmadi religious minority have complained of oppression with community members being murdered and victims of systematic discrimination and alienation.
The former head of Afghan intelligence says the emergence of Islamic State is mere psychological warfare.
Pakistan is under mounting pressure from Gulf Arab nations to join their war against the Houthi fighters in Yemen after Islamabad declared neutrality in the conflict.
An old hand in Afghan affairs see the country's hardline Taliban divided over the prospects of peace talks after more than a decade of violence.
As Pakistan winds down a nearly yearlong military operation in a northwestern tribal district, a key Afghan militant network it once nurtured is poised to reestablish itself there.
In a sign that the Taliban are expected to retain a powerful presence in a restive Pakistani region, a senior militant commander claims to have negotiated successfully with Islamabad.
A new English translation presents the work of a master poet who has inspired millions in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
An Afghan strongman has threatened to sue a global rights watchdog for accusing him of grave abuses in its latest report on Afghanistan.
Islamic State militants have emerged in a sensitive northeastern province next to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
A complicated and thorny agenda awaits the Taliban and Afghanistan's government as they are reportedly ready to begin direct peace talks early next month.
A parliamentary vote to elect members to the upper house of the Pakistani Parliament is being criticized because some lawmakers appear ready to cast their ballots to the highest bidder.
Nearly a year after embarking on ending Afghanistan's decades-old conflict, China appears to have made substantial progress toward a diplomatic breakthrough.
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