Afghan journalist Ghulam Jilani Zwak told VOA the restrictions are “unprecedented ... of the law would mean the closure of all the TV stations in the country. But, he said, the Taliban ...

back to Afghanistan to live according to what he described as "pure Islam." However, U.S. officials, speaking to VOA on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of a case still under ...

Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced ...

Taliban judicial officials said Tuesday that four people, including a woman, were publicly flogged in eastern Afghanistan for allegedly committing offenses such as "illicit relations" and "running ...

The United Nations expressed "a great deal of sorrow" Friday over the continued ban on girls’ secondary school education in Taliban-led Afghanistan as the world body marked the International Day ...

A 22-year-old Afghan was indicted and imprisoned in France on Saturday, accused of supporting the ideology of the Islamic State (IS) and of having "fomented" a "plan for violent action" in a ...

US Central Command says its forces conducted strikes this week targeting multiple camps belonging to Islamic State in Syria ...

Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan simultaneously launched fresh vaccination campaigns against polio Monday amid a resurgence in cases in the only two countries globally where the virus ...

Farmers and officials there told VOA that water availability currently meets their basic needs. But Afghanistan’s construction of a canal off the Amu Darya is cause for concern. Local leaders ...

Taliban authorities are looking into allegations that dozens of Afghan civilians were killed and injured by Iranian border forces while trying to enter that country from Pakistan illegally.

International observers reported that Moldova’s well-organized presidential runoff provided voters with a real choice, despite legal shortcomings, biased media coverage and the effects of ...

The naturally occurring form of polio remains active in only two countries in the world: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Over 50 cases of so-called wild polio have been confirmed in the region this year ...