PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A roadside bomb exploded near a school bus in northwest Pakistan’s main city yesterday, killing the driver and wounding at least two children, police said.

Printers in this city near the Afghan border say they have produced thousands of fake voter registration cards at the request of Afghan politicians for use in that country’s parliamentary elections on Saturday. The cards, some shown to The...

Twelve people, two children and four women among them, were killed and 30 others wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of civilians, escorted by paramilitary soldiers, in Thall town in Hangu district on Friday. Police and witnesses said the...

The explosion inside the offices of the WFP followed a vow of revenge by the Pakistani Taliban after the death of their leader Baitullah Mehsud, killed in a US missile strike in August. At least five people were also injured in the blast, and...

With the results of Afghanistan’s presidential election expected later today, supporters of the opposition leader, Abdullah Abdullah, delivered a grim message last night, threatening violence if their candidate loses. Standing by the black marble...

While his rivals tour the country in armoured Land Cruisers surrounded by retinues of armed retainers, Afghanistan’s greatest anti-corruption maverick and political eccentric is campaigning to become the country’s next president in “Mr Bean’s...

It has been 12 years since Fida Hussein Ghalvi testified against the militant who was charged with killing 12 members of his family. But some days he feels as if he were the one who ended up in jail. He still gets threats, his servants all quit and an...

An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex. President Hamid Karzai ordered a review of the legislation after The Independent revealed that it negated...

Both of the country’s main political movements - the ruling Pakistan People’s Party and the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) - have joined forces to support the operation. This display of unity was not only a response to Western...

As India pushes Pakistan to take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the profile of the Lashkar jihadis has undergone a change witheconomic deprivation and local grievances no longer the root causes for joining the terror group that is behind the Mumbai...