Shaiq Hussain

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Alex Horton |Haq Nawaz Khan |Shaiq Hussain

U.S. weapons from Afghan war give Pakistani militants a deadly advantage (washingtonpost.com) U.S. weapons from Afghan war give Pakistani militants a deadly advantage By Rick Noack; Alex Horton; Haq Nawaz Khan; Shaiq Hussain 2025041406003300 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — On Jan. 9, 2018, an M4A1 carbine rifle left the Colt's Manufacturing plant in Connecticut, bound for Afghanistan.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Haq Nawaz Khan |Shaiq Hussain

By Haq Nawaz Khan, Shaiq HussainISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A battle between separatist militants and Pakistani soldiers over a hijacked passenger train entered its second day on Wednesday, with dozens of people killed in clashes and an unknown number of passengers still believed to be held hostage by the militants. Militants belonging to a Baluch separatist group, the Baluch Liberation Army, or BLA, stopped and boarded the train, the Jaffar Express, in a mountainous part of Baluchistan on Tuesday.

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Haq Nawaz Khan |Shaiq Hussain

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — After years of decline, polio is surging again in this populous South Asian nation, dimming hopes that the viral disease — eradicated nearly everywhere else on Earth — can be stamped out here.

Jan 8, 2025 | postguam.com | Haq Nawaz Khan |Shaiq Hussain

When Kabul fell to the Afghan Taliban in 2021, the head of Pakistan’s intelligence service was one of the first foreign guests to visit the new regime, telling reporters that “everything will be OK.” But less than 3-1/2 years later, relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have dramatically deteriorated. In the most severe confrontation between the countries so far, Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan in late December, according to the Afghan government.

Jan 7, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Haq Nawaz Khan |Shaiq Hussain

When Kabul fell to the Afghan Taliban in 2021, the head of Pakistan's intelligence service was one of the first foreign guests to visit the new regime, telling reporters that " everything will be okay." But less than 3½ years later, relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have dramatically deteriorated. In the most severe confrontation between the countries so far, Pakistani airstrikes killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan in late December, according to the Afghan government.