Pakistan

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia’s relationship is walking a fine line.

Biden repealed major restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance, but anti-abortion ideology still limits crucial reproductive care in the places that need it most.

Four decades of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan have left South Asia transformed—and on the cusp of a realignment.

In a new documentary about mujra dancers, Saad Khan escapes the Western documentary complex to give his subjects the chance to speak in their own words.

A full withdrawal from Afghanistan is a costly blunder and failure of leadership.

The red telephone is gone, but a new generation of nuclear hotlines is sorely needed to manage international crises.

But 50 years after independence, an authoritarian turn casts a shadow over the country’s future.

The country says it wants to pivot from hard power to economic power, but its economy begs to differ.

Long sidelined by Islamabad, Moscow, and Beijing, New Delhi is finally taking a seat at the table.

The country is on the cusp of a second liberation—one that would end its relative isolation.

The United States and Pakistan must work together to secure the country’s future.

Two gruesome anniversaries show that the country’s democratic founding ideals are dead—with potentially devastating consequences.

Outside parties may have pushed the two sides toward a cease-fire. To keep the peace, they’ll need continued support.

A new cease-fire at the Line of Control must avoid problems that have derailed past attempts at peace.

The country has too few shots, a stubborn public, and little experience—but the program may still work.

The acquittal of Daniel Pearl’s abductors came at the worst possible time.

The Pakistani prime minister has said nothing on his ally China’s oppression of Islamic minorities.

India’s tricky regional balance of power isn’t made any easier by sectarian tensions.