Flash floods caused by torrential rains have killed more than 100 people in Afghanistan.
Pakistan has celebrated the country's 73rd Independence Day. The anniversary is observed on August 14, but celebrations typically begin the night before. Pakistan and India won independence from the British in August 1947.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, addressing a grand assembly of elders known as the Loya Jirga in Kabul on August 9, said that he will approve the release of 400 jailed Taliban militants.
A Pakistani woman is making soccer balls and selling them on an Islamabad road to support her family after husband was paralyzed four years ago. Abida Bibi hopes to pay for her four daughters to complete their education.
At least 29 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a battle at a prison holding Islamic State militants in Afghanistan, after a deadly attack by gunmen. In addition, the authorities said 10 insurgents were killed. Some prisoners escaped, although a number were recaptured.
A Pakistani schoolteacher is selling fried peas on the streets after the closure of his private school. Many private schoolteachers in the country are not receiving their salaries due to school closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
A prison holding Islamic State militants was in flames amid a deadly attack by gunmen. Some prisoners escaped, although a number were recaptured amid fighting that resulted in dozens of casualties.
An Afghan man is trying to educate street children in the city of Ghazni. Azizullah Qaderi offers free lessons in a city park each day and wants to build a school for his pupils.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented authorities in Lahore, Pakistan, with all kinds of challenges. They’re dealing with shortages, a rise in cases, and now a rise in disinformation about the virus. VOA’s Saman Khan reports.
Afghan mothers are waging a battle to get their names on their children's national ID cards.
An all-female group of robotics students in the Afghan city of Herat has developed a prototype ventilator for COVID-19 patients based on a design by M.I.T.
A polio campaign has begun in the Pakistani city of Karachi, with the authorities hoping to vaccinate over 200,000 children.
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