Afghanistan

The US government next month will halt & with a few exceptions & the temporary relocation of Afghans to the United States and instead focus on reuniting immediate family members with pathways to permanent residence, Reuters reported citing a senior US official.

The policy revision follows criticism by some lawmakers, refugee...

Friday&s deadly bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan&s western Herat province has been condemned widely by individuals, governments and organizations.

At least 18 people including a prominent cleric, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman Ansari, were killed in the explosion at Gazargah mosque in Herat city, where people gathered to offer congregational Friday...

The devastating floods in Pakistan will place huge strains on efforts to get food into neighboring Afghanistan to relieve its catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the United Nations warned on Friday.

The UN&s World Food Programme said much of the food aid transited through Pakistan by road — a network that has been severely affected by the...

With 57 more deaths over the past 24 hours, the death toll from the raging floods in Pakistan has reached 1,265, the country&s national disaster agency said on Saturday.

Of the latest fatalities, most of the deaths, 38, have been reported from the southern province of Sindh, where a fresh spell of floods has inundated more land in the central...