As most of the Helmand’s limited healthcare resources have been diverted to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, authorities recorded 11 new polio cases in the first half of the current year across six of Helmand’s 14 districts.
Pakistan has announced the reopening of transit trade between its western neighbor, Afghanistan, and eastern neighbor, India, through its territory and land borders.
An Afghan cricket superstar says he sees a bright future for his country’s team if cricketers commit to consistent hard work in the sensational sport.
With U.S. forces scheduled to leave Afghanistan within a year, Pakistan, Iran, and Russia see an opportunity to step in.
Afghanistan’s Taliban movement has dismissed as “illogical” escalating domestic and foreign calls for the insurgent group to cease hostilities before the commencement of intra-Afghan peace negotiations.
The former head of the CIA said the United States may need to respond with “bold” action against Russia, including imposing harder-hitting sanctions, should a report prove true that Moscow offered Taliban-linked militants money to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the recent arrests of two journalists in Afghanistan and the “harassment” to which the Pajhwok Afghan News agency is being subjected by the authorities.
A new decree from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani states that all of the country’s 34 provinces will appoint women as deputy governors.
As the Internet emerged as the backbone of global communications during the coronavirus pandemic, activists and students in some remote Pakistani regions braved beatings and arrests to protest a lack of Internet access during lockdown.
Pakistan’s daily infection rate dropped below 3,000 for the second straight day, though medical experts caution it may be due to less testing.
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