A brewing shift toward religious conservatism has emerged from the political vacuum in this country of 175 million people.

Pakistan has postponed Afghan deportations until April 10, aiming to expel 3 million refugees by the end of the year.

This year these are Afghanistan, Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Iran, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada made the comments in a sermon marking the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Fitr, in the southern city of ...

The Taliban's leader said there is "no need" for Western laws in Afghanistan, noting that democracy is dead as long as there are sharia laws.

He seemed not to have given much attention to ethnicity which would – and in Pakistan's case did – stand in the way of nation building. He himself belonged to a small ethnic group called the Khojas ...

The leadership and decision-makers of the Taliban originate from a remote and underprivileged tribal background in ...

Authoritarian rule is the “common denominator” in the worsening of religious persecution around the world, the U.S.

As the crescent moon marks the end of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations have commenced in various parts of Pakistan contrary to the official announcement by the Ruiet-e-Hilal Committee which will sit ...

Failure by nation-states to implement policies that include and empower vulnerable young people lies at the heart of why ...

• While Afghanistan initially opposed Pakistan’s entry into the United Nations, this stance lasted only two weeks. The Afghan representative, lacking instructions from Kabul, chose a cautious approach ...

Envoys from 19 Muslim-majority nations attended the 'Sadbhavana Iftar' hosted by the Indian Minorities Federation at MP ...