Militancy has been spreading inside Pakistan. Experts say Pakistani authorities lack an effective strategy to battle the militants, raising deep concerns on the Afghan war front and beyond.

The terrorists who struck Mumbai, India, in November 2008 represent a new breed of tech-savvy militants. Law-enforcement officials face a challenge in keeping pace.

India-Pakistan tensions rise as New Delhi accuses Pakistan of involvement in last week's Mumbai attacks. Experts fear this might threaten regional stability, and make it difficult to stabilize Afghanistan.

Pakistan poses one of the most serious, and complicated, foreign policy challenges for the forty-fourth U.S. president.

The recent spate of terrorist attacks across Indian cities has highlighted long-simmering tensions inside India's multiethnic society, raising concerns about the country's stability.

The Bush administration is pushing an Iraq-like surge of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and pressing Pakistan to crack down on cross-border infiltrations. But Afghans say they are losing hope as poverty and unemployment spike.

Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, takes office amid growing ire against  U.S. military actions in Pakistan. Seven years after 9/11, is Islamabad still committed to counterterrorism?

Analysts are studying whether al-Qaeda in Iraq, severely diminished over five years of war, is moving its war against the West to Afghanistan.

South Asia, despite its many functioning democracies, continues to be torn by conflict and vulnerable to military intervention in politics.

With President Musharraf's exit, Pakistan faces a lack of governance amid economic concerns, increasing terrorist violence, and declining relations with neighbors.

Two years after the UN-brokered cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah gunmen in southern Lebanon, lasting peace remains elusive.

Amid political crisis, economic concerns, increasing terrorist violence, and deteriorating relations with neighbors, Pakistan faces a lack of governance.

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Diplomacy on the Iranian nuclear dispute picks up new intensity. So do reports of a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran.

U.S. military activity in the Pakistani border region is complicating an already tense relationship between Washington and Islamabad.

A softer approach to terrorism, like the one adopted by Indonesia, may have valuable lessons for other countries struggling with militant violence.

As Afghanistan makes a new pitch to foreign donors, some question whether its government is ready to shoulder a greater share of development.

Recent unrest in Lebanon spotlights Hezbollah's domestic political aspirations and growing regional influence.

As the humanitarian crisis in Somalia deepens, experts see bleak prospects for reconciliation talks between the transitional government and the Islamist opposition.

A Colombian incursion into Ecuador sparks a regional diplomatic crisis at a time of increased arms spending across South America.