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Afghan, Pakistani forces battle along their border
AFP, Published on 01/03/2026
» KABUL - Afghan and Pakistani troops battled along their border, Afghan residents and officials told AFP on Sunday, with the fighting coming alongside multiple strikes including the former US air base at Bagram.
Asia-Pacific air passengers unaware of lithium battery risks, poll finds
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/05/2025
» Despite several high-profile incidents, travellers in the Asia-Pacific area routinely bring devices powered by lithium-ion batteries on flights and still have little understanding of the potential risks, a poll has found.
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
Pakistan bans New Year's Eve celebrations
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has banned New Year's Eve celebrations to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, the government said late Thursday, urging people to instead "observe simplicity".
'They're afraid of joy': Pakistan's trans community fights hate
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» KARACHI - Clad in a Barbie-pink shalwar kameez, influencer and doctor Mehrub Moiz Awan reels off endless examples of harassment she's received since becoming the sharp-tongued figurehead of Pakistan's queer community.
'We don't exist': Pakistan's Ahmadi minority living in fear
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» RABWAH (PAKISTAN) - Sadia Amjad's father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of the minority Ahmadiyya sect that has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan.
Helicopters, ziplining commandos rescue 8 from Pakistan cable car
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» PASHTO, Pakistan - Military helicopters and ziplining commandos rescued eight people, including six schoolboys, who were trapped for hours on Tuesday in a stricken cable car high above a remote Pakistani valley.
First children rescued from cable car over Pakistan ravine
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A helicopter on Tuesday evening helped rescue the first two children from a cable car that had been dangling all day over a deep ravine in Pakistan, rescue officials said.
Pakistan police guard Christian colony after mob attack over 'blasphemy'
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» FAISALABAD (PAKISTAN) - Police were guarding a Christian neighbourhood in central Pakistan on Thursday, after hundreds of Muslim men rampaged through its streets setting fire to churches and ransacking homes over accusations of blasphemy a day earlier.
Little-known senator Kakar to be sworn in as new Pakistan PM
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ISLAMABAD - Little-known senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was set to be sworn in Monday as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister to see the country through to an election due in months.