Kabul, March 18 (IANS) The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, on Wednesday, called for an immediate, independent and transparent probe into Pakistan’s airstrike on drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul. He demanded that compensation should be paid to victims and their families. His statement comes after a Pakistani strike on Monday night targeted the 2,000-bed Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul’s Pul-e-Charkhi area, killing hundreds an…
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Tehran/New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Mohammad Fathali, Ambassador of Iran to India, on Saturday expressed Tehran’s “sincere gratitude” to the Indian government for its “principled and firm support” while voting against a resolution which was finally adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during its 39th special session on Friday. “I extend my sincere gratitude to the Govt. of India for its principled and firm support of I.R. of Iran at the UNHRC, including opposing an unjust and politically m…