3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (53+ words) Khaama: German lawmaker Beatrix von Storch has called for Germany to accelerate the deportation of undocumented Afghan migrants, arguing that Berlin has the logistical capacity to return rejected asylum seekers and convicted offenders to Afghanistan despite ongoing security and human…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago   (237+ words) LAGOS (AFP): Armed fighters have kidnapped six imams in a northern Nigerian state which has fallen prey to gangs demanding ransoms for release, police said on Sunday. Kidnappings have become a serious source of revenue for Nigeria’s many armed groups,…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (345+ words) The United Nations human rights system must be protected from financial paralysis and provided with sustainable and predictable resources to fulfil its vital mandate, said Sardar Masood Khan, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, China and the United…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (60+ words) Afghanistan International: Residents said the arrests have mainly targeted former Afghan government security personnel and that the number detained may exceed 40. Sources said at least 15 people had been arrested over the past two weeks on accusations of cooperating with the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (60+ words) 8am: Over the past five years, the Taliban have repeatedly been accused of taking revenge against the country’s citizens. The group arrests, imprisons, and tortures individuals who criticize Taliban rule. The Taliban have also officially declared that criticizing their rule is…...

3+ day, 12+ min ago   (581+ words) ISLAMABAD: A group of Afghan medical students on Thursday challenged in the Lahore High Court directives by Pakistan’s medical regulator requiring Afghan nationals enrolled in medical and dental programs to return to their country, days after universities began directing students…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (153+ words) KABUL (AFP): The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council aid group, Jan Egeland, criticised on Thursday what he called the “hypocrisy” of countries demanding rights for Afghan women while cutting humanitarian assistance. In an interview with AFP in Kabul, Egeland…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (305+ words) The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) said on Thursday that foreign nationals were not barred from pursuing medical education in Pakistan. The PMD&C clarified that its review of Afghan medical students was focused on regulatory, documentation and immigration…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (152+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters): The U.S. military said ​on Wednesday three people were killed in ‌a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington ​says target “narco-terrorists” but human rights groups condemn ​as extrajudicial…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (187+ words) F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court has fixed for hearing an appeal against an Islamabad High Court decision concerning the provision of medical facilities to other prisoners on the same basis as PTI founder Imran Khan. A three-member bench headed…...