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.
Politicians in Pakistan's Balochistan Province have called on the country's mushrooming electronic media to pay attention to their beleaguered homeland.
Human rights defenders in a restive Pakistani province have rejected government claims that the counterinsurgency militias it once supported have stopped extrajudicial killings.
An Afghan teacher who has dedicated her life to educating girls in impoverished refugee communities speaks of her motivations and challenges.
Instead of working on preventing a sophisticated Taliban assault, officials in one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous provinces are preoccupied with never-ending disputes over land ownership.
Lawmakers from Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas say the country's powerful military is backing proposed legislation aimed at integrating the restive region into the mainstream.
The death of Allah Nazar Baloch, if confirmed, could prove a major blow to nationalist Baluch separatists, whose ongoing insurrection against Pakistan has lasted more than a decade.
Disagreements among top Afghan Taliban leaders have now seeped down to fighters, resulting in violent clashes potentially escalating into a full-fledged war among the insurgents.
Pakistan claims to be a major victim of terrorism but newspapers, magazines, and websites supporting violence are thriving and have nearly achieved the status of an industry in the country.
After heavy fighting, Talban militants have grabbed a key district in restive Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.
Beijing wants to restore cooperative relations between Islamabad and Kabul after a recent spat over accusations of sponsoring terror.
Afghanistan's army is attracting a large number of recruits in restive southern provinces despite fighting the biggest Taliban offensive during the past 13 years.
Afghan first vice president has blamed Pakistani intelligence for fomenting violence in his country while claiming success in an ongoing anti-Taliban offensive he is leading.
Afghanistan's often-divided clerical establishment is uniting to counter rebels who claim to be fighting for establishing an Islamic utopia.
Villages in a remote eastern region of Afghanistan complain of extreme atrocities by the Taliban and Islamic State militants.
The Taliban are seen as gradually overwhelming government forces in a northern Afghan province still the scene of one of the toughest battles this year.
With mounting Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital, President Ashraf Ghani appears to be giving up on hopes that neighboring Pakistan will deliver peace in Afghanistan.
Afghan Taliban leaders are working toward resolving their differences amid a leadership struggle that threatens to divide their largely united movement into competing factions.
Afghanistan's top military leader is confident his force will defeat the Taliban and allied rebels in a northern province near Central Asia.
Former warlord and Afghanistan's first vice president is expected to lead an offensive against Taliban insurgents to reclaim territory in a strategic northern province bordering Central Asia.
An exiled leader of Pakistan's beleaguered Baluch minority has apparently shunned Islamabad's efforts to persuade him to end years of exile in Britain.
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