How do wars end in the tribal society of Afghanistan? That's one of the interesting questions that was highlighted by President Hamid Karzai's visit to Washington last week. Duing their well-scripted ...

As if U.S. troops and diplomats didn't have enough to worry about in trying to understand Afghan culture, a new report suggests an entire region in the country is coping with a sexual identity crisis.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Numbering more than 25 million, Pashtuns are the largest tribal group in the world. They are also by far the dominant ethnic group in the Taliban. The center of gravity of ...

Jere Van Dyk, a consultant on Afghanistan and Pakistan to CBS, covered the Afghan - Soviet war in the 1980s for The New York Times. In 2008, he was kidnapped by the Pakistani Taliban in the tribal ...

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Washington, and joining us now from London is Muhammad Junaid. He’s a researcher, a PhD student, and he is studying the ...

Mohammad Ayaz lost two family members last summer in a clash with a rival family over an irrigation channel in southeastern Afghanistan. Ayaz lives near Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan’s ...

MADHEY BABA, Pakistan — Approximately 3 million people have fled the fighting in Dir, Buner and the Swat Valley over the past month, the largest migration in Pakistan since the country’s partition ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) When we explore the world's many cultures, each comes with its strengths and flaws. But one quality that instantly stands out in Pashtun society is the deep-rooted ...

Afghan singer Goodar Zazai says he wept as he saw a recent video of the Taliban humiliating two local musicians and burning their instruments. Filmed near the border with Pakistan in the Zazai Aryub ...