List of Pakistan articles
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Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the new Taliban political office in Doha on June 18, 2013. The office is intended to open dialogue with the international community and Afghan groups for a "peaceful solution" in Afghanistan office spokesman Mohammed Naim told reporters. AFP PHOTO / FAISAL AL-TIMIMI (Photo credit should read FAISAL AL-TIMIMI/AFP/Getty Images) Who’s Talking for the Taliban?
The Afghan government's discussions with the Taliban earlier this month sparked hope for an eventual peace process, but were those in attendance speaking on behalf of the Taliban? Or will rifts between the Taliban's political office in Doha and the factions in the field prove fatal to negotiations?
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India's newly sworn-in Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) gestures to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as they shake hands during a meeting in New Delhi on May 27, 2014. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for landmark talks in New Delhi May 27 in a bid to ease tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN (Photo credit should read RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images) Anatomy of a Fault Line
Early peace gestures by the Indian and Pakistani governments gave cause for optimism, but the two sides have once again drifted apart along familiar lines.
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Pakistani Rangers (Black) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel (Brown) perform the daily retreat ceremony on the India-Pakistan Border at Wagah on February 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) India’s Wayward Words
India's recent war of words with Pakistan has been a strategic mistake.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (R) and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L) speak as they watch a cricket match between teams from Pakistan and Afghanistan at the Prime Minister's house in Islamabad on November 15, 2014. Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged to begin a new era of economic cooperation, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani saying three days of talks had ended 13 years of differences. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) The Peace Window Is Closing For AfPak
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have changed over the last nine months. But progress toward reconciliation has at best stalled, potentially forfeiting an historic opportunity.
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Smoke and flames rise from buring fuel trucks following an overnight attack by Taliban militants in Chawk-e-Arghandi on outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul on July 5, 2014. Taliban militants set fire to dozens of fuel trucks on the outskirt of Kabul, officials said. The fire triggered by a sticky bomb set a blaze dozens of fuel tankers waiting to enter the city in Chawk-e-Arghandi parking lot west of Afghan capital overnight. AFP PHOTO/Wakil Kohsar (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) The Taliban’s Enemies, Foreign and Domestic
Any expansion of the Islamic State into Afghanistan is worrying enough to disquiet the Taliban, and it changes the nature of the insurgency. Afghanistan and Pakistan need to respond accordingly.
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: A Pakistani commando (R) looks on as Ghauri intermediate-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warhead are transported on launchers during the National Day parade in Islamabad, 23 March 2005. Speaking at the ceremony where Pakistan showcased its military might, President Pervez Musharraf warned that ongoing rapprochement between Pakistan and India could derail if there was no progress on the Kashmir issue. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) Guns and Butter in Pakistan
Nuclear weapons have drastically reduced Pakistan's vulnerability to India. So why doesn't it slow spending on conventional arms and increase spending on its population?
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TO GO WITH: Pakistan-Unrest-Education-Religion, FEATURE by Gohar ABBAS This photograph taken on May 5, 2015 shows Pakistani students of a madrassa or Islamic school recite the Quran at their seminary in Islamabad. Pakistan pledged to crack down on religious seminaries suspected of fostering extremism following a Taliban school massacre that left more than 130 children dead, but the move faces stiff resistance from conservatives. Amid a wave of outrage after the attack at the school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, the government announced a "National Action Plan" to fight back against the militants. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Indoctrinated by the Unregulated
Pakistan's inability to regulate madrassas will do nothing to help end extremist indoctrination and sectarian violence so prevalent in the country.
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Personnel are pictured near a PAC JF-17 Thunder multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed by China and Pakistan, during preparations for the International Defence Exhibition and seminar (IDEAS) in Karachi on November 29, 2014. Some 333 exhibitors including 77 Pakistani firms will be exhibiting their products during the defence exhibition. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) A Small Measure of Success
One year after initiating Operation Zarb-e-Azb, Pakistan has made short-term victories against the Taliban, but more work is needed to ensure they stay out for good.
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GettyImages-71208725 cropped Calling In Against Corruption
A Pakistani official set out to prevent bureaucrats from demanding bribes for providing basic public services. The solution: citizen feedback through mobile phones.
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Pakistani employee work on a electricity pole after fire erupted at a shopping plaza in Rawalpindi on December 20, 2008. A huge fire gutted a major shopping plaza in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing at least one person and injuring about a dozen others, police said. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) Powerless in Pakistan
An unending energy crisis could soon bring catastrophic consequences. Here’s what needs to be done before it’s too late.
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406027 01: Soldiers From India (L) And Pakistan (R) Perform The Elaborate Daily Flag-Lowering Ceremony May 30, 2002 At The Wagah Border Post Near The Pakistani City Of Lahore. Pakistan And India Are Locked In A Tense Border Standoff And Have Amassed Nearly A Million Soldiers Near The 160-Mile Line Of Control In Kashmir. The Loc Has Been The Defacto Border Between The Two Nuclear Powers Since The End Of Their First War In 1948. (Photo By Visual News/Getty Images) Calling for Peace
Despite renewed tensions between India and Pakistan, public opinion in both countries strongly favors peace.
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A Pakistani police commando stands alert at a cordon near a house on the outskirts of Lahore on June 29, 2015, following a raid on property allegedly used by Taliban militants. Pakistani police and counter terrorism forces raided a house near the eastern city of Lahore and killed four Taliban militants, officials said. AFP PHOTO / ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) 20 Points to Pakistan?
It's been six months since Pakistan instituted its 20-point National Action Plan. Has Pakistan achieved any of the goals set forth in the Plan?
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Afghan protesters shout anti-Pakistan slogans during a demonstration in Kandahar on May 7, 2013. The Afghan government on Monday summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat to protest against a second cross-border escalation in days as thousands took to the streets to denounce their eastern neighbour. AFP PHOTO/JANGIR (Photo credit should read JANGIR/AFP/Getty Images) The Saffron Revolution of 2018
Without political reform, a never-ending war, and a declining economy, this is how everyone could lose in Afghanistan.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 11: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives at the Chancellery to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Sharif is on a two-day official visit to Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) -
GettyImages-84155725crop Al Qaeda Claims Western Hostages Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes Converted to Islam
Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in a drone strike while held captive in Pakistan.
