Afghanistan turmoil
Pakistan cracks down on food smuggling to Afghanistan
Islamabad targets black market between crisis-hit neighbors to ease inflation
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan turmoil
China, Russia, Pakistan, others push Afghan Taliban on terrorism
At Uzbekistan meeting, wary neighbors display unity against spillover threats
Afghanistan turmoil
Over 1m girls barred from Afghanistan schools as rules sap economy
Taliban restrictions deplete workforce, prompting warnings of long-term damage
Terrorism
ISIS-K threat rising from Afghanistan casts shadow over the West
Officials and experts warn of risks to U.S., Europe on top of Chinese interests
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban unity shows cracks under Afghanistan's isolation
Group denies rift after high-level figures appear to criticize governance
The Big Story
Pakistan faces terrorism surge post-Afghan war
Islamabad helped bring the Taliban to power, now it faces the consequences
Terrorism
U.S. arms left in Afghanistan surface in Pakistan Taliban insurgency
Advanced sniper rifles and night vision goggles used in attacks on police
Politics
China keeps ranking as one of world's worst freedom abusers: report
Civil liberties, political rights broadly declined across Asia-Pacific last year
Asia Insight
China risks militants' wrath in Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond
Beijing reduces Islamabad presence as myriad groups find Asian giant a useful target
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghan women, children in Pakistan jails spotlight refugee policy
Experts see Islamabad-Kabul tensions behind stricter approach
Life
Female Afghan journalists continue their fight from abroad
Staffed by women, The Afghan Times seeks to hold the Taliban to account
Terrorism
China's mining ambitions in Afghanistan haunted by militants
ISIS-K steps up threats and attacks as Beijing eyes oil and copper
International relations
Taliban build ties to U.S. rivals with new China oil deal
Isolated government taps resource riches to connect with outside world
Asia Insight
Afghan women fleeing to Pakistan trade precarious life for another
U.N. seeks 'durable solutions' in 2023 as Islamabad's crises cloud outlook
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Terrorism
Pakistan hints at strikes in Afghanistan amid twin Taliban threats
Experts warn of worsening cross-border ties, say U.S. support essential
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghanistan ends year with 'retrograde' moves on executions, women
Public punishments, wider ban on female education drag country back to 1990s
Opinion
Pakistan will need more than force to quash its Taliban threat
Authorities must work with local residents to squeeze out militants
Terrorism
ISIS-K attack in Kabul compounds China's insurgency headaches
Beijing targeted by groups keen to undermine ties with Afghan Taliban, Pakistan
International relations
Pakistan-Afghanistan ties fray as Taliban forces shell civilians
Experts see Islamabad maintaining restraint despite multiple deaths near border
Life
Women's craft market struggles to find place in the new Afghanistan
Taliban restrictions push once-thriving shops toward the brink of collapse
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban 'not only game in town': U.S. engages Afghanistan from afar
Prisoner swap, initiative for women highlight multidimensional 'remote diplomacy'
Terrorism
Russia's ISIS-K problem intensifies after Kabul embassy bombing
As militants undermine Taliban, experts see rising threat to Moscow in Central Asia
International relations
Pakistan-Taliban drone strike spat keeps ties in downward spiral
Afghan rulers needle Islamabad over killing of al-Qaida chief, cozy up to India
Afghanistan turmoil
A year after U.S. exit, Afghanistan faces 'worst case scenario'
Dwindling human rights and hunger crises leave global community with few options
Opinion
Taliban claims to have brought peace are wearing thin
Afghanistan risks falling back into civil war as armed opposition grows