ISLAMABAD (AP) — Asif Ali Zardari made the remarks while thanking the international community for condemning Friday's suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 31 worshippers and wounded 169.

Ever since it came to power in Afghanistan in 2022, the Taliban regime in the country has systematically reduced the number of avenues to education for female students. For them, the only option left ...

Religious leaders received the highest vote of confidence and optimism of the Afghan people among local governance institutions, according to the Asia Foundation’s 2011 Survey of the Afghan People.

Four years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan faces a paradox. To the outside world, the regime’s restrictions — particularly on women and civil liberties — make positive change ...