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Added on the 21/10/2020 09:35:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Coffins are taken from a mortuary in Jalalabad city after at least 11 women were killed in a stampede in an Afghan football stadium where thousands had gathered to apply for visas at a nearby Pakistan consulate. The incident unfolded at the stadium in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, after large crowds assembled in a bid to secure travel permission after the nearby Pakistani consulate resumed services following a seven-month hiatus because of the pandemic. IMAGES
The United States calls on Pakistan to show restraint and for Afghanistan's Taliban to control extremists, after Islamabad carried out deadly strikes in border areas. SOUNDBITE
People hold banners and chant slogans as they take to Islamabad's streets to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan. Many of the demonstrators were also marching in support of Palestinians. IMAGES
At least 25 people were killed and dozens more wounded Friday by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. IMAGES
Four Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighbouring Pakistan arrive at Roissy airport in Paris, several months after fleeing the Taliban regime that regained power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. IMAGES