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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet wears a face mask at a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Afghanistan, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
South Asia

UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions

Michelle Bachelet gave no details of the killings in her speech to the Human Rights Council, but urged the Geneva forum to set up a mechanism to closely monitor Taliban actions

Afghan men wait to collect tokens needed to apply for the Pakistan visa, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz
South Asia

Afghanistan: Panic and disbelief as thousands flee Taliban onslaught

Representational Image. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Armed attackers kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village raid

French soldiers pass a donkey-driven cart outside the destroyed main market in Gao, March 2, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
World+Biz

Northern Mali officials say French strike killed civilians, France denies