Oliver Rosenbauer, a representative of WHO's Global Polio Eradication Initiative, told RFE/RL on March 31 that although "tremendous progress has been achieved in Afghanistan," the country will remain at risk of infection as long as the polio virus circulates in neighboring Pakistan.
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been formally indicted for high treason.
A teenage girl has been killed and 15 other people injured in a bomb blast in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.
The U.S. military force in Afghanistan has denied media reports that it plans to donate excess military equipment to Pakistan as it withdraws from Afghanistan by the end of this year.
A Lahore court has convicted a Pakistani Christian of blasphemy and sentenced him to death in a case that sparked riots last year.
Tehran has urged Pakistan to take "serious action" to free four remaining border guards abducted by Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
The Afghan government has angered many Afghans by ditching a plan to hold an international Norouz festival in a multimillion-dollar castle specifically built for the event.
Eurasian leaders are gathering in Afghanistan for festivities to mark the new year on the Persian calendar, known as Norouz.
The first face-to-face talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban leaders has taken place in a secret location in the country's northwest, marking the first direct contact since the peace process began last year.
The first face-to-face talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban leaders are due to take place on March 26 in a secret location in the country's northwest.
Islamabad says it is "highly disturbing that attempts are being made" to implicate Pakistan in an attack on a Kabul luxury hotel that killed nine people.
Pakistani police say they have found the bullet-riddled body of a kidnapped female health worker dumped in a field.
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