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December 16, 2020
Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan cease-fire
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban team, led by the co-founder of the insurgent movement, arrived Wednesday in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani government leaders amid growing calls for a reduction in violence in neighboring Afghanistan.…READ MORE
December 16, 2020
Sickly dancing bears leaving Pakistan for new life in Jordan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A pair of sick and badly neglected dancing Himalayan brown bears will leave Islamabad’s notorious zoo Wednesday for a sanctuary in Jordan, closing down a zoo that once housed 960 animals.…READ MORE
December 14, 2020
COVID-19 runs unchecked in Pakistan’s overcrowded prisons
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A human rights report released Monday harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates stuck in overcrowded and often unsanitary prisons.…READ MORE