Another 200 Afghan nationals have been released from prisons in Pakistan. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) consulate in Karachi said.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Saturday met with the Afghan prisoners released by the United Arab Emirates.

A new report on the human rights situation in Bahrain shows that authorities committed more than 130 cases of abuse against imprisoned anti-regime activists and political dissidents last December as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

A total of 1,280 prisoners have been transferred from Iran to Afghanistan under an agreement signed between the neighbours, officials said Wednesday.