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Kabul

Fractured Emirate

For more than three years, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have projected an image of seamless unity: one leader, one command, one vision.

A line drawn in blood

The 2,640-km-long Durand Line is more than just a frontier. It is a century-old scar on the map of South Asia - a scar that has bled into three Anglo-Afghan wars, the Cold War, the Taliban’s rise, and today’s great power rivalries. For the Afghan Pashtun, this line is not history.

3 dead in Karachi blast

Three people were killed and eight others injured when an explosion took place inside a multi-storey building in Karachi

The Hungry Tide

The urban communities are facing food insecurity on levels similar to rural areas for the first time.

Mr Biden’s land

It was a bitter contest considering the acrimonious debate during which several Republicans held up a metal spike that was similar to the one used in a 1989 environmental sabotage case.