Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
Tbilisi has accused Russia of using computer hackers to wage "cyberwarfare" on Georgian government websites. The Kremlin denies the charge, saying Russian websites have also come under a coordinated attack by hackers.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to the United States this week comes amid a series of developments that highlight the complexities of battling militants in Pakistan's tribal regions.
A former Taliban commander says his militia fighters are responsible for the kidnapping of two French aid workers in central Afghanistan.
The U.S. government has signed an agreement that will provide $218 million of health aid directly through the Afghan government during the next five years.
AP reported this week that rival jihadist groups in Pakistan have agreed to work together to fight against NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. AP correspondent Kathy Gannon discusses the details, including the impact of the pact upon security in eastern Afghanistan.
The chief executive of France's energy group, Total, says it is now too politically risky to invest in Iran.
After the July 7 suicide car bomb attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, international attention has turned to New Delhi's interests in Afghanistan -- and how the Indian-Pakistani rivalry is being played out there.
As Pakistani troops continue an offensive against pro-Taliban militants in the tribal regions, a joint response to a cross-border attack in Afghanistan hints at greater international cooperation on the ground.
Rights groups have stepped up their pressure on Turkmen authorities to release an RFE/RL commentator who is being held against his will at a remote psychiatric hospital.
President Hamid Karzai says Afghanistan's right to self-defense gives it the authority to pursue militants across the border into Pakistan.
President Hamid Karzai has infuriated Pakistan and won praise from Afghans with his threat to send troops across the border in pursuit of Taliban leaders. Washington, meanwhile, refuses to take sides.
Relations between U.S. and Pakistani military forces are in crisis after clashes and a U.S. air strike that hit a Pakistani border post and killed 11 Pakistani soldiers.
For weeks, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has hinted at doubts among international donors over the Afghanistan National Development Strategy, a plan to rebuild the country that was devised at the 2006 London Conference.
After the murder of an Afghan BBC reporter, his colleagues say the crime was sadly unremarkable. Afghan journalists risk their lives not only in war zones, but also by probing the drug trade, warlordism, and corruption.
The rise in the price of oil has led some of the world's wealthiest Muslims to search for new moneymaking opportunities consistent with the teachings of their faith.
A new $3.5 billion contract to develop the Aynak copper field is part of Beijing's larger strategy to expand investment in its western provinces and widen crossborder connections to Central Asia, South Asia, and Iran.
The Pakistani government has denied widespread reports that the release of Islamabad's kidnapped ambassador to Afghanistan was part of an exchange for Taliban prisoners.
Pakistan is in the midst of a political crisis after nine ministers from the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned from the cabinet because of a disagreement over reinstating sacked judges.
As Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov has actively sought to establish a cult of personality and entrench his own power. But signs of possible internal discord are emerging in his second year in office.
When the Taliban began its rapid rise to power in Afghanistan in 1994, most of its members were young students of the Koran recruited from madrasahs in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. But it has evolved into a network of divergent groups whose supporters and tactics bear little resemblance to the original.
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