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Pakistan has borne the brunt of Afghanistan’s instability, enduring consequences that have been both far-reaching and devastating. Pakistan’s suffering is a direct result of conflicts in its ...

A CEE Bankwatch background report stressed that the evaporation of the Aral Sea was caused by extensive damming on the middle ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

The Wakhan Corridor, a narrow land passage stretching between Afghanistan and the surrounding countries of Pakistan, China and Central Asia, is often overlooked in the broader discussions of ...

Years of ship-tracking data, flight paths and satellite images show a clear intensification of Beijing’s tactics across a ...

Thousands of Afghans set to be relocated from Pakistan to the United States before President Donald Trump halted refugee arrivals are now at risk of arrest and deportation.

Kazakhstan, as Central Asia’s largest economy, has a vested interest in ensuring that Afghanistan is integrated into regional ...

Visit the Afghanistan situation page on Global Focus for more statistics. The first time I returned, I was very sad; it was a very green village before with fruit trees and when I came back, ...

Was Pakistan’s military gambit across the Durand Line a clever maneuver or a spectacular miscalculation? The question hangs ...

This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo) President Donald Trump says the U.S. government is extraditing a suspect in the deadly Abbey Gate ...