Ayaz Gul

5th journalist slain in Pakistan in 2024

Doctors and officials confirmed the death of Nasrullah Gadani, who was undergoing treatment in a hospital in Karachi

Extreme heatwave disrupts education for half of Pakistan's schoolchildren

'Pakistan ranks fifth among the countries most affected by global warming,' according to the country's data

Pakistan claims killing dozens of Afghan-based 'terrorists' in recent operations

Deadly bomb hits de facto capital of Taliban-governed Afghanistan  

Suspicions fell on the Islamic State group, which claimed credit for a previous bombing in Kandahar 

Taliban raise death toll to 6 in gun attack on Western tourists

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the deadly shooting

Gunmen kill 3 Western tourists, translator in central Afghanistan

Friday’s attack on foreigners is first since Taliban regained power in August 2021 

Jailed former Pakistani PM Khan appears before top court via video

It was Imran Khan’s first public appearance since his arrest in August 2023

China presses Pakistan to address security concerns of workers, projects

Beijing-hosted bilateral strategic dialogue discusses growing terrorism threat from Afghanistan

Pakistan, US discuss how to counter Afghan-based IS and TTP terrorists

Meeting came amid a recent surge in terrorism in Pakistan

Afghanistan flood death toll rises to 315, officials say

United Nations World Food Program says that most of the affected areas in northern Baghlan province are 'inaccessible by trucks,' and it is using 'every alternative,' including donkeys, 'to get food to the survivors who lost everything'

UN reports 300 deaths from flash floods in northern Afghanistan

A senior Taliban official says the death toll might rise and noted that military helicopters were assisting in local rescue efforts

Flash floods kill 72 people in one day in northern Afghanistan

Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of the provincial natural disaster management department, tells VOA by phone the casualties could rise as many people are missing

Several killed after residents of Afghan province protest orders from Taliban

Public agitation is rare against the fundamentalist government

Gunmen kill 7 barbers in southwestern Pakistan

Authorities say Baluch insurgents behind the killings

Bomb blast hits Taliban convoy in turbulent Afghan province, kills 3 

Sources say that a 'sticky improvised explosive device' apparently planted on a motorbike struck a Taliban military convoy in Faizabad, provincial capital of northeastern Badakhshan province

Pakistan: Afghan-based terrorists planned suicide attack on Chinese engineers

A military spokesperson says Afghanistan’s Taliban government has failed to prevent the use of Afghan soil for cross-border terrorism

Taliban face rare public uprising against their rule in northeastern Afghanistan

Unrest erupted last Friday when Taliban’s anti-narcotics forces began destroying poppy fields in Badakhshan province, prompting angry farmers to resist it with support of local residents

Bomb blast kills Pakistani journalist on World Press Freedom Day

Local police identified the slain journalist as Siddique Mengal, the district press club president, and said he apparently was the target

UN observes reduction in Taliban’s enforcement of hijab on Afghan women

Report also notes that violations of human rights at large continue under Taliban regime

Gun attack on Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan kills 6 worshippers

Shooting occurred in Herat province, which borders Iran