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Analysis: Clashing visions weigh on U.S. drive for Taliban talks

August 24, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As the United States makes a fresh attempt to start talks with the Taliban, competing visions in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over what an eventual peace process...

Insight: Once a landlord’s serf, a Pakistani woman enters election fray

August 24, 2021 at 2:32 a.m.

HYDERABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - When Veero Kolhi made the asset declaration required of candidates for Pakistan's May elections, she listed the following items: two beds, five mattresses, cooking pots and...

Insight: Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan’s sectarian divide

August 23, 2021 at 11:50 p.m.

KARACHI (Reuters) - When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric...

Insight: Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan’s sectarian divide

August 22, 2019 at 9:02 a.m.

KARACHI (Reuters) - When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in his thigh, the Pakistani cleric...

Firebrand cleric raises fear of “soft coup” in Pakistan

August 23, 2021 at 9:23 p.m.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - To Pakistan's ruling party, a firebrand cleric camped outside parliament with thousands of protesters is looking more and more like the harbinger of their worst fear: a...

Firebrand cleric raises fear of “soft coup” in Pakistan

August 22, 2019 at 8:13 a.m.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - To Pakistan's ruling party, a firebrand cleric camped outside parliament with thousands of protesters is looking more and more like the harbinger of their worst fear: a...

Exclusive: Pakistan’s army chief makes Afghan peace “top priority”

August 23, 2021 at 8:01 p.m.

WANA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful army chief has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats say, the newest and clearest sign yet...

Exclusive: Pakistan’s army chief makes Afghan peace “top priority”

August 22, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

WANA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful army chief has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats say, the newest and clearest sign yet...

Special Report: Stalking the Taliban in Afghan currency markets

August 23, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Haji Khairullah Barakzai is the ultimate Afghan success story: illiterate village boy makes a fortune thanks to a lifetime of hard work, unerring street smarts and...

Special Report: Stalking the Taliban in Afghan currency markets

December 25, 2018 at 11:52 a.m.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Haji Khairullah Barakzai is the ultimate Afghan success story: illiterate village boy makes a fortune thanks to a lifetime of hard work, unerring street smarts and...

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