The document calls for a “combination of carrot and stick” to encourage Taliban commanders and foot soldiers to lay down their arms and rejoin Afghan society. Any plan must be Afghan-led it said, but suggested a bottom-up process first...

The head of the United Nations in Afghanistan threatened a complete pullout yesterday after half of his staff were evacuated following last week’s terrorist attack, in which five UN personnel died. In a blunt message to the newly re-elected President...

‘No, Bakra Eid is the month of sacrifice,’ replied Babboo. ‘I am talking of a different kind of sacrifice. In this sacrificial exercise, goats, sheep, cows and camels do not figure.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘I...

“I’m doing it for peace,” Zaid said, right before he fired several shots in the air with his rifle. Zaid is among hundreds of villagers in northwest Pakistan who’ve volunteered to join private militias, called lashkars. These...

Afghan villagers had complained to the U.S. Marines for days: The police are the problem, not the Taliban. They steal from villagers and beat them. Days later, the Marines learned firsthand what the villagers meant. As about 150 Marines and Afghan...

The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the militant group as it braces for an impending army assault in the volatile northwest. Qari...

housands of people have fled North and South Waziristan in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas as the military, buoyed by it success in Swat, is preparing for an offensive against the Taliban there. The federal government has directed the armed...

Today, Pakistan is burning. From terrorism to economic problems, our inability to make good decisions about our leaders has set our nation on fire. While there is much talk about the ‘common man’ and his needs, no one asks the ‘common man’ if...

Pakistan’s foreign currency reserves are falling fast and if forward liabilities are included, the real reserves may go down to $3 billion. This cannot meet the import bill of one whole month.

Nepali police scuffled with Tibetan protesters yesterday and took at least 113 demonstrators into custody in a continued crackdown on pro-Tibet rallies in the capital. Kathmandu, studded with Hindu and Buddhist temples, has seen almost daily protests by...