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KWSC’s chemical analysis show 90% of 137 water samples lack chlorine

Going back to Kabul means "certain death", folk singer fears; 141 Afghan artists have moved PHC against govt's decision to expel illegal immigrants.

Going back to Kabul means "certain death", folk singer fears; 141 Afghan artists have moved PHC against govt's decision to expel illegal immigrants.

This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns about the human rights situation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was in January 2019 during the armed conflict between the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and United States and other allies, and the Taliban. Two and a half years later, US forces withdrew, the government collapsed, and the Taliban returned to power.

Inflation and taxes have sent Pakistani electric bills soaring, leading to protests, shuttered businesses, and a wave of suicides.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) this week released nine journalists who had been in custody following a spate of arrests targeting media workers employed by different outlets. While welcoming the move to release the nine journalists, media watchdogs have called for all journalists still in custody to be released immediately. The International Federation of

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Nine journalists in Taliban custody across Afghanistan have been released following a campaign of arrests targeting foreign or exiled media outlets. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), condemn the Taliban’s crackdown on journalists and call for the immediate release of all media workers still in custody.

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of traders across the country shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills.There were widespread market closures in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar,...

"Nine journalists have been arbitrarily arrested" by Islamic Emirate security forces in the past ten days in Afghanistan in a "crackdown without precedent this year," Reporters Without Bord