Besides imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating ...

As the power of the "morality police" in Afghanistan grows, so do the restrictions on individual freedoms - "Should we have ...

The Afghan Taliban have commenced an aggressive attempt to thrust aside and silence critical Afghan voices in international ...

By Emma Collet in Termez Uzbekistan is once again asserting itself as one of the most active countries in Central Asia in its ...

By bne Tehran bureau Suhail Shaheen, head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar, has criticised the exclusion of the ...

Disputes over national anthems and flags often reflect deeper political tensions.

Since becoming a member of the United Nations in 1971, Qatar has played an active role in fulfilling the organisation’s ...

A Pakistani police officer says a roadside bombing struck a foreign diplomats' convoy in the country's restive northwest and ...

Unless you have a death wish.’A record-breaking traveller who has visited every country names the 10 places tourists should ...

A British doctor who carried out life-saving work in Afghanistan said it will "make a significant difference" to the ...

The outlawed TTP had also staked its claim for attacks on Pakistan's security forces, as well on Chinese personnel, apart from fragmenting the society on sectarian and parochial lines. While the ...