KABUL (Pajhwok): A jirga of Pashtun elders in Chaman has urged Pakistan to reopen the Spin Boldak–Chaman crossing to resolve the problems of thousands of stranded passengers and cargo vehicles, a ...

In a recent debate leading up to the presidential elections here, the first question was not about terrorism, or violence, or even opium. It was about how candidates viewed a jagged line casually ...

Ethnic chauvinism, which has long bedeviled this fiercely tribal country and fueled a destructive civil war in the early 1990s, is erupting again in a tense dispute over recent parliamentary elections ...

KABUL In a recent debate leading up to the presidential elections here, the first question was not about terrorism, or violence, or even opium. It was about how candidates viewed a jagged line ...

Afghanistan has two nationally recognized official languages: Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 26 -- The U.N.-brokered conference of more than 30 Afghan leaders that begins in Germany Tuesday is in danger of becoming marginalized before it starts because new political ...

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- Thousands of men dance to the beat of drums as a Pashtun community in northwestern Pakistan celebrates the arrival of the new year and spring. They say that Norouz, the ...

* More recruits needed from Taliban heartlands * Police drop-out rates stand at 25 percent By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - High drop-out and low recruitment rates have hampered NATO ...

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When the front line around Mazar-i-Sharif burst under relentless U.S. bombing, the retreating Taliban fighters knew there was only one option: to run fast and far. Retreating into Mazar-i-Sharif’s ...