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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The dead reportedly were ethnic Baluch members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's volunteer Basij force and were ...

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.

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

Hanoi is taking a more transparent and outspoken approach to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea following the beating of Vietnamese fishermen ...

or even whether he’ll seek retribution against his foes, are on the minds of many Americans. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.

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 ...

Carla is VOA's Pentagon correspondent covering defense and international security issues. Her datelines include Ukraine, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Korea. Carla started at VOA in 2008 ...