Afghanistan turmoil
Prominent Afghan advocate for girls' education arrested, U.N. says
World body urges Taliban to clarify whereabouts of Matiullah Wesa
Politics
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
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
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban bans female staff at NGOs, putting aid efforts at risk
U.N. warns decision could affect millions as Afghanistan enters winter
Opinion
Pakistan will need more than force to quash its Taliban threat
Authorities must work with local residents to squeeze out militants
Afghanistan turmoil
Women turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban
'I can't believe it's happening,' student says; U.N. demands 'immediate' reversal
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban suspends women from all Afghan universities
Move by administration draws condemnation from U.S., U.K. and U.N.
Terrorism
Pakistan starts hostage talks in standoff with Taliban militants
TTP fighters seized interrogators at counterterrorism center
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
