ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan are holding talks in China to try to end the worst conflict between the South Asian neighbours since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, ‌both sides said on ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in their deadliest fighting in years, including airstrikes and cross-border clashes. The Taliban accuses Pakistan of targeting civilian infrastructure, ...

For much of the modern era, Central Asia – including Afghanistan and China’s western Xinjiang province – has been treated as a geopolitical periphery. Long viewed as an isolated buffer zone shaped by ...