Abdullah Khan's 11-month-old son, Hamza, contracted polio after the family refused to let a visiting health team in Pakistan's Balochistan region give his child vaccination drops.
Afghan officials say they have released about another 100 Taliban prisoners on September 1 as part of a prisoner swap meant to clear the way for the start of peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban.
Taliban militants attacked a military base in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia Province, killing at least three Afghan soldiers. An official said that at least five other members of the security forces were wounded in the September 1 assault.
Amid strict COVID-19 measures, Shi'ite Muslims in Iran marked the holy day of Ashura on August 30.
Fifteen are reported to have died in Shahgram village Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district where video images from August 29 show heavily damaged buildings and streets covered in mud, swept up trees and boulders. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
A recently freed Taliban fighter has called for "flexibility" in peace negotiations that are expected to start soon between the militants and the Afghan government.
Torrential rain lashed the Pakistani city of Karachi on August 27, causing widespread flooding. People were seen wading through knee-high water as cars were submerged and houses inundated.
Flash floods caused by torrential rains in Afghanistan have killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others in Parwan Province just north of Kabul, according to authorities.
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.
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