Surging COVID-19 Cases In Pakistan Overwhelm Hospitals In Pakistan, angry families are attacking doctors and smashing hospitals as health care workers turn away coronavirus patients — saying their institutions are full.Heard onToggle more optionsIn Pakistan, angry families are attacking doctors and smashing hospitals as health care workers turn away coronavirus patients — saying their institutions are full.NOEL KING, HOST:Cases of COVID-19 are going up fast in Pakistan. There are nearly 150,000 today, and the math suggests it'll be more than a million by July. Hospital beds are in short...…Surging COVID-19 Cases In Pakistan Overwhelm Hospitals In Pakistan, angry families are attacking doctors and smashing hospitals as health care workers turn away coronavirus patients — saying their institutions are full.Heard onToggle more optionsIn Pakistan, angry families are attacking doctors and smashing hospitals as health care workers turn away coronavirus patients — saying their institutions are full.NOEL KING, HOST:Cases of COVID-19 are going up fast in Pakistan. There are nearly 150,000 today, and the math suggests it'll be more than a million by July. Hospital beds are in short...WW…

Coronavirus Pandemic Further Hurts Pakistan's Poor And Hungry Pakistan has reported thousands of cases of COVID-19, but the more immediate threat for many there is hunger. The lockdown has dried up income for millions of tradesman, beggars and day laborers.Heard onToggle more optionsPakistan has reported thousands of cases of COVID-19, but the more immediate threat for many there is hunger. The lockdown has dried up income for millions of tradesman, beggars and day laborers.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:In Pakistan, which faces thousands of COVID-19 cases, some people are violating stay-at-home...…Coronavirus Pandemic Further Hurts Pakistan's Poor And Hungry Pakistan has reported thousands of cases of COVID-19, but the more immediate threat for many there is hunger. The lockdown has dried up income for millions of tradesman, beggars and day laborers.Heard onToggle more optionsPakistan has reported thousands of cases of COVID-19, but the more immediate threat for many there is hunger. The lockdown has dried up income for millions of tradesman, beggars and day laborers.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:In Pakistan, which faces thousands of COVID-19 cases, some people are violating stay-at-home...WW…

Afghans Detail Alleged Civilian Killings By Australian Military In Afghanistan Afghans are coming forward to describe past alleged killings by Australian forces, as the Australian government launches investigations into its troops' suspected war crimes in Afghanistan.Khwaga GhaniToggle more optionsEditor's note: This story includes details of violence that readers may find disturbing. KABUL, Afghanistan — When it started, the boy had been dozing on a mat in a room crammed with family visiting for a wedding. When it ended, his uncle and five other relatives, including small children, were...…Afghans Detail Alleged Civilian Killings By Australian Military In Afghanistan Afghans are coming forward to describe past alleged killings by Australian forces, as the Australian government launches investigations into its troops' suspected war crimes in Afghanistan.Khwaga GhaniToggle more optionsEditor's note: This story includes details of violence that readers may find disturbing. KABUL, Afghanistan — When it started, the boy had been dozing on a mat in a room crammed with family visiting for a wedding. When it ended, his uncle and five other relatives, including small children, were...WW…

Wave Of Targeted Killings Has Afghans Increasingly On Edge Journalist Fatima Roshanian has faced threats before, but she and many other Afghans say the risk to their lives is more serious than ever. "People are being killed everyday, everywhere," she says.Heard onKhwaga GhaniToggle more optionsKABUL, Afghanistan — It's not the risk of contracting COVID-19 that keeps journalist Fatima Roshanian home. It's the murders. Roshanian scaled back her movements after she found her name on three different lists circulating on Afghan social media, claiming to be of people the Taliban want to kill. On...…Wave Of Targeted Killings Has Afghans Increasingly On Edge Journalist Fatima Roshanian has faced threats before, but she and many other Afghans say the risk to their lives is more serious than ever. "People are being killed everyday, everywhere," she says.Heard onKhwaga GhaniToggle more optionsKABUL, Afghanistan — It's not the risk of contracting COVID-19 that keeps journalist Fatima Roshanian home. It's the murders. Roshanian scaled back her movements after she found her name on three different lists circulating on Afghan social media, claiming to be of people the Taliban want to kill. On...WW…

In Afghanistan, Mothers Struggle To Feed Their Children In Pandemic : Goats and Soda The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.KHWAGA GHANIToggle more optionsAn Afghan woman stands over her granddaughter in a Kabul hospital ward for malnourished children. Parvana, just 18 months old, keeps vomiting, but she's too weak to move on her cot. So the vomit dribbles down her neck and pools into the hem of her worn velvet tracksuit. "We didn't have...…In Afghanistan, Mothers Struggle To Feed Their Children In Pandemic : Goats and Soda The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.KHWAGA GHANIToggle more optionsAn Afghan woman stands over her granddaughter in a Kabul hospital ward for malnourished children. Parvana, just 18 months old, keeps vomiting, but she's too weak to move on her cot. So the vomit dribbles down her neck and pools into the hem of her worn velvet tracksuit. "We didn't have...WW…

Examining COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Around The World While Israel has already vaccinated half a million citizens against the coronavirus, the vaccine timeline for poor countries will be much longer. We look at Israel, Pakistan and the Philippines.Heard onToggle more optionsWhile Israel has already vaccinated half a million citizens against the coronavirus, the vaccine timeline for poor countries will be much longer. We look at Israel, Pakistan and the Philippines.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:How soon you have access to a COVID vaccine depends, in part, on what country you live in. We have a...…Examining COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Around The World While Israel has already vaccinated half a million citizens against the coronavirus, the vaccine timeline for poor countries will be much longer. We look at Israel, Pakistan and the Philippines.Heard onToggle more optionsWhile Israel has already vaccinated half a million citizens against the coronavirus, the vaccine timeline for poor countries will be much longer. We look at Israel, Pakistan and the Philippines.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:How soon you have access to a COVID vaccine depends, in part, on what country you live in. We have a...WW…

After Australian Report, Calls Grow For More Investigations Of Abuses In Afghanistan "Only through a series of independent inquiries will we uncover the true extent of this disregard for Afghan life, which normalized murder, and resulted in war crimes," an Afghan rights group says.Khwaga GhaniToggle more optionsWhen , newly patrolling with Australian special forces in Afghanistan, saw a fellow soldier shoot dead an unarmed Afghan man whose arms were raised, "I was taken aback," he recalls, "because I knew it was an execution."The alleged incident occurred in 2012, when Chapman was serving...…After Australian Report, Calls Grow For More Investigations Of Abuses In Afghanistan "Only through a series of independent inquiries will we uncover the true extent of this disregard for Afghan life, which normalized murder, and resulted in war crimes," an Afghan rights group says.Khwaga GhaniToggle more optionsWhen , newly patrolling with Australian special forces in Afghanistan, saw a fellow soldier shoot dead an unarmed Afghan man whose arms were raised, "I was taken aback," he recalls, "because I knew it was an execution."The alleged incident occurred in 2012, when Chapman was serving...WW…