Kabul, April 1 – UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has criticised the continued ban preventing Afghan women from accessing UN offices, calling the policy discriminatory and unjustifiable, according to local media reports on Wednesday.Bennett...
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Islamabad, April 1 – Participants in a jirga (tribal council) have urged the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to stop the border clashes and resolve their differences through dialogue, local media reported on Wednesday.A "Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga" was organized in Pakistan's...
Kabul, March 30 – Hundreds of Afghans living abroad held protests in London and Oslo over the weekend, protesting against the Pakistani military's attacks in Afghanistan, which have caused civilian casualties, local media reported on Monday.Protesters in London marched through central streets...
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Kabul, March 13 – As the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalates, several critics have termed it a deliberate ploy by the country's military, which has failed, to create instability in the region in order to divert public attention from the fundamental failures of the...
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Kabul, February 28 – According to media reports, Pakistani police have intensified the arrest of Afghan refugees following escalating border clashes with Taliban forces.The situation for Afghan nationals in Pakistan has been described as "critical," with widespread detentions of both men and...
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Kabul, February 26 – Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, has warned that restrictions and cuts in international funding have severely affected Afghan women's access to essential healthcare services, local media reported on...
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Islamabad, February 23 – Islamabad's handling of dissent in the Gilgit-Baltistan region under Pakistani occupation has highlighted the structural contradictions in the region's governance model. Despite having administrative control since 1948, Pakistan has not granted Gilgit-Baltistan full...
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Kabul, February 19 – The Afghanistan Media Support Organisation (AMSO) has stated that Afghan journalists stranded in Pakistan and Iran are facing worsening conditions while they wait for their humanitarian visas, according to local media reports.The group said that many journalists who left...
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Quetta, February 17 – Around 11 Pakistani security personnel were killed in a targeted suicide car bombing at a joint checkpoint in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Tuesday, citing confirmation from the military's media wing.According to a statement...