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Four personnel from law enforcement agencies were killed in armed attacks across Pishin and Khyber districts, with a traffic police constable also sustaining gunshot wounds, Dawn Online Newspaper reported yesterday. The first attack occurred late Tuesday night at a security…

Five years after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special autonomous status on August 5, 2019, Human Rights Watch reports ongoing repression in the region. Indian authorities have faced criticism for arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings, and restrictions on freedom…

Residents of Kastigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, are living in fear following a militant attack on July 18 that injured two soldiers sheltering in a local school, VOA reported yesterday. The incident, part of a broader search for militants in the…

In a series of provincial visits, the Minister of Interior of Iraq went to Diyala Governorate in order to supervise the implementation of support and service activities as well as to manage security issues related to Holy Arba’een Pilgrimage of…

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently imprisoned, has expressed his party’s willingness to engage in “conditional negotiations” with Pakistan’s military, appointing Mahmood Khan Achakzai as his representative, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. Khan’s conditions include holding “clean and transparent” elections and…

Three women’s rights activists from the United States have called for the recognition of the Taliban’s gender apartheid in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity. During a special session of the U.S. Congress focused on human rights, Heather Barr, Wahida…

Northern Pakistan is reeling from devastating flash floods that have claimed at least 35 lives in the past 48 hours, Anadolu Agency reported today. Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, destroying homes, bridges,…

In a series of security operations across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five militants were killed, and police constable Abrar Hussain also lost his life in duty, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that three militants were gunned…

UNICEF revealed in a report on Monday that 40% of women in Afghanistan suffer from anemia, highlighting a pressing public health concern, Khaama Press reported. To combat this issue, UNICEF distributes multivitamin mineral supplements (MMS) to pregnant women, aiming to…

Lovers of Ahlulbayt Association in Afghanistan held the 9th conference for preachers under the title “The Role of Delivering the Message in the Ashura Revolution”. The conference, organized in the Capital Kabul, was attended by a number of Shia scholars…