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How Central Asia is 'containing' Afghanistan

After abandoning hope of influencing the Taliban, Central Asian nations have sought to insulate themselves from Afghanistan’s ...
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across ...
Pakistan enters 2026 with surprisingly warmer ties to the United States – a sharp turn from the chill of recent years. In a ...
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to deepening engagement with Iran in key priority areas.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons bans nuclear arms and mandates their destruction, but none of the nine ...
President Trump warned Iran not to kill protesters. Iranian officials alleged the U.S. and Israel were stoking the sweeping ...
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday underscored the importance of strengthening Pakistan-Iran engagement while chairing an inter-ministerial meeting to review bilateral ...
At least seven people have been killed in Iran after clashes between protesters and security forces amid protests over ...
Protests over Iran’s struggling economy have spread into rural areas, with at least three people killed. Authorities reported the fatalities on Wednesday and Thursday in cities home to Iran’s Lur ...
MORE people die in road accidents in Pakistan every year than in all other crimes put together, including terrorism.
These mark the first deaths since protests broke out over the weekend in Iran against the rising living costs.