World Apr 22 Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33, Taliban say Since sweeping to power last August, the Taliban have been battling the upstart Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province or IS-K which is proving to be an intractable security challenge for Afghanistan's religiously driven government.
World Apr 11 Pakistani lawmakers elect Shahbaz Sharif as new premier Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is the brother of disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, but his election will not guarantee a peaceful path forward — or solve the nation’s many economic problems, including high inflation and a…
World Apr 11 Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former cricket star whose conservative Islamist ideology and dogged independence characterized his three years and eight months in office, was ousted early Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote in Parliament.
World Apr 10 Pakistan’s prime minister pledges to fight on after Parliament ouster Khan’s successor is to be elected and sworn in by Parliament on Monday. The leading contender is Shahbaz Sharif, a brother of disgraced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
World Apr 03 Pakistan’s prime minister dissolves parliament, throwing the country into political turmoil The moves by Imran Khan appeared to trigger a constitutional crisis: Pakistan's Supreme Court must rule on their legality, but it adjourned until Monday and gave no indication when the matter would be settled.
World Mar 31 U.N. seeks record $4.4 billion for Afghans struggling under Taliban The head of the United Nations says nearly all Afghans don't have enough to eat and some have resorted to "selling their children and their body parts" to get money for food.
World Mar 28 Taliban takes repressive steps against Afghan women, international media Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s.
World Mar 26 Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday.
World Mar 23 Taliban cancels higher education for girls as new school year starts Afghanistan's Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a previous promise.
World Mar 18 U.N. food agency official alarmed by Afghanistan food, fuel prices Afghanistan has been sinking deeper into poverty and economic crisis since the Taliban takeover and as many as 95 percent of the country's 38 million people don't have enough to eat or money to buy the food.