Bibi Rafia has taught for 24 years at a girls' school in Pakistan where there is just one room for five classes. Rafia says it's hard for the children to learn in the crowded environment -- and adds that if they need the bathroom they have to use a neighbor's house.
Pakistan says seven soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in a militant attack that targeted a sprawling army post in the volatile North Waziristan district near the Afghan border on March 16.
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the killing of a police officer who had taken part in guarding a polio vaccination team, a frequent target of militants in Pakistan.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called Sri Lanka's president to provide assurances that justice will be served following the lynching of a Sri Lankan factory manager in central Pakistan.
Pakistani officials say more than 100 people have been detained after a mob beat a Sri Lankan factory manager accused of blasphemy and set his body ablaze.
Five members of Pakistan's security forces have been killed in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan tribal region, officials told RFE/RL.
In an interview, Mahmoud Saikal, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN, sketches a positive portrait of his country, which has secured and mobilized international support for restoring peace and stability.
More than 100 Turkish teachers facing deportation from Pakistan confront an uncertain fate, as they are unwilling to go back to their homeland, where the government has purged thousands of teachers.
In an explosive letter to the current leader of the Afghan Taliban, a former aide to the hard-line Islamist movement’s founder has detailed the reforms needed to gain political legitimacy and popular acceptance.
The European Union’s special envoy in Afghanistan says the rampant illegal extraction of Afghanistan’s precious natural resources is the second-biggest revenue source for insurgents and is helping further fan the war in the country.
Leaked documents detail corruption and mafia-style monopoly of warlords and officials in the illegal extraction and smuggling of lapis lazuli, which deprives Afghanistan of millions of dollars of revenue as country’s natural resources are exploited.
A former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan has called on Islamabad to go after Afghan insurgents on its soil to boost ties with Kabul.
Months after fleeing from Taliban threats in Pakistan, a young journalist languishes in a rundown immigrant camp in Bulgaria.
Pakistani human rights campaigners have criticized a new counterterrorism law that they say violates safeguards enshrined in the country’s current constitution and could institutionalize abusive practices.
Former Pakistani generals and soldiers are nearly unanimous in calling for a treason trial for former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who is fighting hard to avoid appearing before a special court.
