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.
Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban movement appears to be split over negotiations with Kabul. The development might signal an end to the Taliban's two-decade-long relationship with Pakistan.
Civilians in a distant mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan say they are afraid of the unmanned airplanes constantly hovering in the skies.
Insurgents are threatening to overrun a hydroelectric dam vital for irrigation and electricity generation across southern Afghanistan.
Militants from Pakistan are leading an offensive by Islamic State that apparently aims to dislodge the Taliban from the strategic eastern province.
In a bid to recapture lost ground, Afghan security forces have launched a multi-pronged offensive against the Talban in the southern province of Helmand.
Political and security failings have helped the Taliban and allied Central Asian militants to capture vast swathes of territory in a major northeastern province.
Provincial Muslim clerics speak out against the Taliban for targeting Afghan civilians and security forces.
In an open letter to the Islamic State militant group leader, the Afghan Taliban have urged him to refrain from launching a parallel insurrection in Afghanistan.
In a significant development, top Afghan officials and Taliban representatives are meeting in Norway this week.
Tens of thousands of residents of Afghanistan's restive northern Kunduz Province have been displaced or face oppression at the hands of militants or pro-government militias.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has sought to answer detractors over efforts to cultivate a cooperative relationship with neighboring Pakistan.
Major political parties took to the streets to force the administration of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province to step down after controversial local elections.
A Pakistani provincial government, once claiming to be the leading proponent of election reforms, is in hot water after controversial local elections were marked by violence and irregularities.
Escalating violence in parts of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province has forced authorities to close most schools, depriving thousands from education.
In a rapid reversal of warming relations with Pakistan, the Afghan president has asked Islamabad to move swiftly against the Afghan Taliban operating from its soil.
With the advent of the traditional spring and summer fighting season, Taliban insurgents have opened multiple fronts in Afghanistan's biggest province, Helmand.
Regional expert Marvin Weinbaum talks about the fierce opposition President Ashraf Ghani faces in Afghanistan and the significance of the agreement for the South Asian region.
A leading U.S. scholar on Afghanistan sees no visible efforts by Islamabad to reciprocate Kabul's measures to reset their bilateral relationship.
Thousands of seasoned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan fighters have dominated the conflict across Afghanistan as its security forces scramble with the escalating violence.
Bestselling author Ahmed Rashid sees progress in a recent 'nonofficial' meeting between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
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