Pakistan Railways (PR) transported 8.2 million tonnes of freight during the financial year 2024-25, carrying petroleum products, containers, coal, rock phosphate, fertilizer, wheat and other bulk ...

New international corridors and fleet upgrades are expanding cross-border rail connectivity, supporting trade flows between Europe, Asia and South Asia, while modernisation and electrification aim to ...

Members of an Afghan family living in Rensselaer walk up to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Malta on Monday with their lawyer, Daniel Kordenbrock, left, and supporters. The ...

As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to bring the Taliban to heel. This deterioration is striking, given Islamabad’s ...

Clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sparked a trade war that has closed the border and jammed key trade routes for two months. The closure has caused major losses for farmers, traders, and ...

Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans girls from attending school beyond the primary level. Education advocate Somaya Faruqi is working with Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF to ...

Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, famously said that the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship is “the mother of all relations.” He may have been right. Otherwise how do you explain that ...

Kyrgyzstan’s landmark presidential visit to Islamabad highlights accelerating efforts by Central Asian governments to expand trade, investment, and sectoral cooperation with Pakistan. Shared ...

After deadly cross-border military clashes, the Pakistani and Afghan governments have locked their populations in a trade war threatening the livelihoods of millions. After deadly cross-border ...

When Akbari arrived in the United States from Afghanistan seven months ago, he carried with him the hope that his two young sons would finally grow up safe, educated and free. Today, as the Trump ...

Central Asian states are cultivating growing connections to Pakistan, as decades of suspicion and hostility give way to a mutual desire to expand trade and strengthen regional security. A trip by ...

Republican Kentucky lawmaker Andy Barr’s 2021 claim that the U.S. had an "obligation" to welcome Afghans after the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal is resurfacing and complicating his ...