Pakistan’s government’s decision to expel Afghan migrants violates international human rights laws and should be immediately revoked. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has said.

The Independent Human Rights Commission says underage marriages are a matter of concern in the northern Faryab province.

 It was supposed to be a grand moment for President Ashraf Ghani — the opening of a new trade corridor that brought his landlocked country a link to Europe through Central Asia, and promised him some rare positive news as a re-election campaign approaches. But what grabbed the headlines after Thursday’s event was chaos and violence.