Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where polio remains endemic due to religious extremism and conspiracy theories.

Gunmen on motorcycles shot a polio worker and one of the police officers escorting him during a vaccination campaign in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police reported. The attack took place in ...

As my term as acting WHO regional director for Africa draws to a close, I have been reflecting on the resilience and ...

In a renewed push to eradicate polio in Sokoto State, the state government, in partnership with UNICEF, on Friday launched the second round of the Outbreak Response (OBR) vaccination campaign ...

Credit: MFA Iran The Taliban leadership has not been able to end its isolation since seizing power in Afghanistan during the summer of 2021. With international sanctions, frozen assets, and no ...

Doctors note that only one in 200 polio carriers displays signs of paralysis, making detection difficult without laboratory examination of stool specimens. “Immunisation remains the most ...

The Taliban issued a glowing eulogy for Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the group’s second emir, to mark the ninth anniversary of his death in a US airstrike. However, the group failed to address ...

Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund announced on Saturday that Afghans abroad, including those who fled after the US withdrew its armed forces in 2021, will receive amnesty if they return to ...

The Taliban suspended chess — during its first iteration of rule, and now, because it's "a means of gambling," the sports minister Atal Mashwani told the French news service, AFP.