The attack on Kabul's maternity hospital also killed two newborn babies, among others
One of the detainees is identified as the IS leader for South and Far East Asia
Crowd in impoverished Ghor province protests COVID-19-related food shortages during Ramadan
Bombing targeted convoy of Frontier Corps, army says
Insurgent spokesman Suhail Shaheen tells VOA they have conveyed to Washington that Mark Frerichs is not with them nor did the Taliban capture him
The national tally of infections has surpassed 24,000 and nearly 600 patients have died from COVID-19
Afghan officials and survivors say a group of about 60 men from western Herat province was being smuggled into Iran before that country’s border guards detained and later forced all of them into Harirud River this past Saturday
Officials say fencing already has secured more than 70% of Pakistan’s roughly 2,600-kilometer border with Afghanistan
Officials in Kabul said Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar has appointed a 'fact-finding' commission to investigate circumstances that led to the killing of Afghans
Appeal by Daniel Pearl's family follows a recent lower court verdict that overturned the convictions of four men accused in the 2002 kidnapping and slaying case
The military drawdown is part of a US-Taliban peace-building agreement signed in late February
Top government officials shared the details while speaking to reporters at the newly established National Command and Operation Center
President Masood Khan of Pakistan-ruled Kashmir told VOA the pandemic has infected about 65 people in his reign but the situation on the India side is ‘dark and dismal’
Outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic challenges are threatening to undermine two-decade-old 'successful' campaign run by nonprofit Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization, in partnership with US charities
Taliban insisted implementation of its deal with the US to lead to ceasefire and Afghan Peace
The insurgent group rejects the charges and demands implementation of a deal reached with the US to advance Afghan peace
Prime Minister Imran Khan says the country's spy agency is using its counterterrorism 'track and trace' system to help limit coronavirus transmissions
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the United Nations urged a stop to hostilities, citing the looming pandemic threat
Washington has already announced more than $10 million in financial assistance for Islamabad to counter virus
In major pre-dawn attack, Taliban raided army and police outposts in two districts of northern Sar-e-Pul Province
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