At least 22 people were killed when attackers stormed one of Afghanistan’s main universities on Monday, detonating a suicide bomb…
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News junkies will not need reminding that the world has become a much more dangerous place after the carnage on…
New border control measures imposed by some Balkan countries risk people’s lives by leaving hundreds stranded outside amid plunging winter…
Because Afghanistan has been afflicted with war and conflict for decades, many Afghans see a need for improvement in health…
The world’s richest man and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has commended the Goodluck Jonathan administration for recording significant success in…
An Indian aid worker was Monday abducted by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, local officials and India’s foreign ministry said. Sayed Fazlullah Wahidy, governor of Herat province, said the aid worker was kidnapped in the…
The World Health Organization announced on Monday that it had convened emergency talks amid rising concern over polio after cases were discovered in Afghanistan, Iraq and Equatorial Guinea. The UN health agency said that following several days of closed…
A swath of territory from India to Indonesia has been declared free of polio, the crippling and sometimes fatal disease. As for today, only 3 countries, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, remain polio-endemic. The World Health Organization says 80%…
Gunfire and explosions rocked Kabul Friday as Taliban militants attacked a guesthouse used by an anti-landmine aid group, the latest violence to hit the city ahead of next weekend’s presidential election. At least three Afghans were wounded in the attack…
A total of 21 people, including 13 foreigners, died in a Taliban suicide assault on a popular restaurant in Kabul,…