In Afghanistan, a mother dies from preventable pregnancy complications every two hours. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In recent months, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has ramped up its terror attacks and threats towards Pakistan's ...

Taliban officials have a plan to turn one of the country’s most remote corners into a global trade hub by linking the Afghan ...

Karim Khan said that a crime against humanity was being committed by top officials against “Afghan women and girls, as well ...

In Kurram, rival tribes have clashed over competing narratives, claims of victimhood, and accusations of foreign interference ...

Violence persisted in 2024 ... However, recent air strikes in Afghanistan’s Bermal district, which also resulted in civilian casualties, likely led internal hardliners within the group to ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

An International Criminal Court prosecutor has called for arrest warrants for Afghanistan's Taliban leaders over the persecution of women.

The problem of extremism in Pakistan dates back to the 1980s when the country, with the backing of the United States, engaged itself in the war between the erstwhile Soviet Union and Afghanistan. This ...

In a move that has raised serious concerns among human rights advocates and neighboring nations, the Trump administration has ...

as cross-border violence escalates. The talks occurred just days after India "unequivocally" condemned Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan in late December. These rare airstrikes resulted in the ...