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ISLAMABAD: The Amnesty International (AI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have lauded the government’s decision of allowing the registered Afghan refugees to operate bank accounts in the country.

TEHRAN: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his first visit to the Islamic republic since the start of the Syrian conflict. During the meeting, Assad expressed

London: A British Muslim convert, dubbed Jihadi Jack, has become the latest member of the Islamic State terrorist group to urge the UK government to allow him to return to the country,

Kabul : Afghanistan has complained to the United Nations about violations of its territory by Pakistan’s military, including shelling of Afghan territory, violation of its airspace by military aircraft and construction of

Abu DHABI: Pakistan has “a desire to change” its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries that infringe on religious freedoms, a US special envoy said on a tour

Kabul: More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released. Civilian deaths

Abu Dhabi: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said India could “finish us by attacking with 20 (nuclear) bombs” if Pakistan launched even a single nuclear attack on the neighbouring country, according

ISLAMABAD: The South Korean government has planned to arrange a pilot pilgrims’ tour to the Buddhist sacred places in Gandhara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by March or April this year. This was stated by

DUBAI: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s current environment is favourable for his return and he will definitely come back to the country. Addressing the media in Dubai ,

Washington: The US is not reversing course in Syria, President Donald Trump has said as he defended his decision to keep a small number of troops in the war-torn country after the