Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical mask, or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes. "The new ...

From Iran to Belarus, Russia to Afghanistan, RFE/RL readers and listeners in countries with repressive media landscapes are expressing admiration and support for the broadcaster’s journalists -- and ...

ISLAMABAD: The Torkham border crossing, a main transit artery for travellers and goods between Pakistan and Afghanistan, ...

The Pakistani state cannot and will not win unless it abandons the principles of colonial counter-insurgency, which have ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

Deep in the College’s archives, thousands of hours of footage and other artifacts immortalize the sermons and declarations of ...

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Attacks targeting security forces are increasing in frequency and lethality in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, where a separatist militant group has adopted new tactics.

When Andrew Sullivan thinks of the people his organization has helped resettle in America, one particular story comes to mind ...

Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi, head of Afghanistan’s Taxpayers Services Directorate, has the hard job of raising money in an ...

It may be that Pashtun dominance cannot be restrained, and it may be that Afghanistan cannot be retrieved from the sorry state that eight years of U.S. neglect and 30 years of war have put it in ...

and “We will not forget you!” in English, as well as Dari and Pashto, the official languages of Afghanistan. Students plan to distribute them this week to ambassadors and representatives ...