Thousands of tribal elders will gather in Kabul to decide the future of foreign forces stationed in Afghanistan
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Malala Steals the Show at Women of the Year Awards
‘I believe the gun has no power at all,’ said the 16-year-old girls’ education activist
Pakistan Taliban Name Interim Leader as Debate Over Successor Drags On
Nomination comes two days after a drone strike killed commander Hakimullah Mehsud
Afghan Commander Defects To Taliban, Brings Guns
Brought a humvee full of equipment to insurgent militia
Taliban Celebrates Malala Not Winning Nobel
Bad guys chime in on peace prize
‘There Are Thousands of Malalas’: What Pakistan’s Teenage Activist Has Already Won
She missed out on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but Malala Yousafzai has already inspired a generation of Pakistani schoolgirls.
Malala Marches Toward the Nobel Peace Prize
This Friday, the Nobel committee announces the 2013 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As far as global opinion is concerned, the award is a 16-year-old Pakistani girl’s to lose.
Long before she became a global symbol of …
E.U. Nominates Malala, Snowden for Top Human Rights Prize
They Are Among Seven Nominees For Coveted Sakharov Prize
Fears Stoked for Future of Women in Afghanistan After Indian Author Killed
On Wednesday night, the Afghan Taliban killed 49-year-old Indian author Sushmita Banerjee outside her home in Paktika province.
Banerjee was known for a popular memoir that chronicled her turbulent life as the wife of an …
Soccer Diplomacy: Casting Tensions Aside, Afghanistan and Pakistan Play First Match in Three Decades
Soccer fans are getting ready to pack the stands in Kabul today as the Afghan national team prepares to play its first home game in over 10 years against Pakistan. It’s also the first time that the two neighboring teams have gone …
Pakistan’s Malala Problem: Teen Activist’s Global Celebrity Not Matched at Home
Last Friday, Malala Yousafzai took to the podium at the U.N. It was her 16th birthday and her first major public appearance since the Taliban’s attempt to assassinate the Pakistani schoolgirl last October for her efforts to …
NATO Hands Over Control to Afghan Forces as U.S. Plans Talks with the Taliban
The Afghanistan endgame looms as Kabul takes over security fully from the coalition of international troops in the country. On the same day, reports emerged detailing plans of talks in Qatar between U.S. officials and the Taliban.
After Obama’s Speech on Drones, CIA Allegedly Kills Pakistani Taliban Commander
Less than a week after President Barack Obama’s speech marking a policy shift on the use of drones, the CIA broke its weeks-long hiatus with a drone attack in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal area. The target of the attack, …