US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Uzbekistan this weekend for talks with five Central Asian countries as the Trump administration seeks to strengthen commercial ties and expand Washington's strategic presence in the region.
Saudi Arabia’s allies Pakistan and Turkey are facing a major test just two months after signing a joint defense agreement as the rise of Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen test the deal that says “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all.”
The prolonged closure of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has brought cross-border trade to a standstill, leaving tens of thousands of people on both sides without work. It has also disrupted commercial activity and strained longstanding family and social ties.
Historian Margaret MacMillan warns that increasingly interconnected wars are increasing the risk of a wider conflict, as she discusses Ukraine’s future, Putin’s Russia, NATO’s vulnerabilities, and an emerging “new world disorder.”
Hundreds of Afghan medical students in Pakistan face expulsion, including women and students nearing graduation. Courts in several parts of the country have temporarily allowed them to stay and continue their studies, but their long-term future remains uncertain.
Thirteen people were killed and at least 35 others injured following a blast at a security checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, near the border between Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
At least 16 people were reported dead and dozens were injured after an attacker drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a police complex in Pakistan. Officials said several other attackers died in a shootout with police after the blast in the city of Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
An attack involving an explosion and gunfire at a police headquarters killed at least 20 people and injured dozens of others in the Pakistani city of Kohat in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borders Afghanistan.
As militancy surges in Pakistan's Balochistan Province, former Afghan security personnel are reportedly being recruited for pro-government armed groups -- allegations that could add a dangerous new dimension to tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda is back in Afghanistan, but no attacks have been launched from the country so far (except those into Pakistan). Should we feel safe?
A quarter-century ago, the United States drove Al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan and into neighboring Pakistan. Now the group is back in its Afghan safe haven, supporting other militant groups staging cross-border attacks.
Tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans, including journalists and activists, fled to neighboring Pakistan after the Taliban takeover. But many face deportation to their homeland, where they fear reprisals.
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