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Pakistani security forces announced the release of 155 hostages, while 27 assailants were killed in an ongoing operation to rescue passengers held hostage after a train ambush in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. The militants, affiliated to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), claimed responsibility for taking another 214 passengers …

Forty-nine students between seven and fourteen years died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, reports said. “The water of the dam was freezing due to cold weather that impeded the rescue mission” said Khateer Ahmad, a senior official with Rescue 1122. “The bodies of a teacher and one …

33 killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to former tribal areas that border Afghanistan. A frantic rescue mission was underway at the mosque, which had an entire wall and some of its roof blown out by the …

The Pakistani military released the identities of six soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The helicopter crashed while undertaking a reconnaissance mission in North Kivu province. The Pakistani soldiers were identified as ​​Lt Col Asif Ali Awan, Maj Saad Nomani, Maj Faizan Ali, Naib …

South Africa said it can’t take in Afghan refugees as it is done by other countries.The announcement was made by the country’s Department of International Relations. “South Africa is already home to a substantial number of refugees and is seized with addressing their needs,” the Department of International Relations said …