Pakistan has lodged a protest with Afghanistan's Ambassador over the India-Afghanistan joint statement's reference to Jammu and Kashmir. Is...

Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi received a warm welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband, expressing optimism for "very bright" Indi...

Women journalists were barred from an Afghan Foreign Minister's press conference in New Delhi. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram express...

The World Health Organization urges the Taliban to allow female aid workers to assist earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Restrictions preve...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has faced budget cuts before, but the impact of President Donald Trump's policies has been even ...

Shortly after his inauguration last month, Trump signed an executive order implementing a 90-day pause in US foreign development aid. His a...

The overall maternal mortality rate dropped by 34.3 percent over a 20-year period -- from 339 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 20...

Accredited Social Health Activists -- or ASHA volunteers -- are Indian government's affiliated health-care workers who are the first point ...

Earlier Thursday in the capital, Kabul, a roadside bomb exploded and injured two children. That bomb also targeted the country's minority S...

Around 18 million Afghans, almost half the population, are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to the International Fe...

The report 'Direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia' by UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) and...

The Haqqani network, which has the backing of elements within the Pakistani security establishment, is one of Afghanistan's most experience...

The Bihar shelter home horror has reminded the country how heinous its society can be with its girls.

Ineffective policies, lack of budgets and coordination, and absence of better monitoring are limiting breastfeeding practices in India.

The elimination of MNT as a public health problem means that the annual rate is less than 1 per 1000 live births.

It is estimated that India will soon surpass China as the world`s most populous country.

In 2005, PRATHAM shocked the nation’s conscience by documenting that about 52% of the country’s children could not read, and about 65% cann...