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.
The author of a book apparently banned by Pakistani authorities for describing his time in prison for his ties to a civil rights movement says he will challenge the ban in a court of law.
Residents of a remote region in western Pakistan say Islamabad’s failure to enforce a cease-fire between two clans threatens their security and encourages further violent clashes over conflicting land ownership claims.
In Uruzgan, a remote province in southern Afghanistan, many victims of alleged atrocities by the Australian security forces say Canberra's recent probe does not cover the full extent of what they say are extensive abuses.
This week’s Gandhara Briefing brings you the inside stories on the impact of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the fallout of another contested election in Pakistan, and a brief reunion for rights campaigner Idris Khattak a year after his disappearance.
A disputed regional election in Pakistan has added to the opposition's grievances. But its ability to oust the government through agitation and pressuring the military still remains an open question.
This week’s Gandhara Briefing gives you the inside stories on the killing of an intrepid RFE/RL journalist in Helmand, the likely stance Biden will take on Pakistan and Afghanistan, and how millions will continue to suffer under a Saudi visa regime sometimes equated with modern slavery.
Radio Free Afghanistan journalist Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, who was killed today in a car bomb attack in Helmand, was an intrepid field reporter who tirelessly wrote news of the frontlines in his Afghan province and the human cost of the ongoing conflict.
Mohammad Ilyas Dayee, an Afghan journalist working for RFE/RL, was killed in a targeted bomb attack in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province, on November 12.
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis and Afghans are among millions of foreign workers likely to benefit from the easing of restrictions in Saudi Arabia's "kafala" visa sponsorship system. But 3.7 million domestic workers will be left in what critics have compared to a modern form of slavery.
As Washington seeks to end the longest war in its history, Biden’s presidency is poised to tweak but not completely change the U.S. course in Afghanistan while also adjusting relations with neighboring Pakistan.
This week’s Gandhara Briefing looks at the victims of a terrorist attack on Afghanistan’s premier seat of learning, a multipronged Taliban offensive to overrun the second Afghan city, and how violence is pushing Afghan peace talks to a point of collapse.
An offensive by Afghanistan’s Taliban militants appears to be aimed at reclaiming Afghanistan’s second city, which once served as the capital for the hard-line movement nearly a quarter-century ago.
Muhammad Rahed, 21, was known as a brilliant student and motivational speaker. He taught English and was at the top of his class at Kabul University’s Policy and Public Administration School. Helived by the motto “Smile in the face of hardship.”
This week’s Gandhara Briefing gives you the inside stories on how the Taliban mines data off smartphones, their return to a former stronghold in Pakistan, and how a team of young Afghans -- including women -- scaled their country’s highest peak to showcase their country’s wild natural beauty.
The Taliban now controls stretches of major highways across Afghanistan, and thousands of people are stopped each week at makeshift checkpoints where the hard-line militants comb through their smartphones for content, contacts, and social media accounts.
Two years after Pakistan merged the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into the administrative and political mainstream, disputes over land ownership have emerged as a dominant form of conflict in the western region.
Welcome to Gandhara’s new weekly newsletter aimed at bringing you exclusive coverage by our correspondent network in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A female warlord who built a distinguished reputation by fighting against the Soviet occupation, the Taliban regime, and its insurgency in recent years has formally joined the Taliban.
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