Pakistan captured and extradited Sharifullah, the mastermind behind the August 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing, to the US. This move strengthens its counter-terrorism credentials. The UNSC acknowledged the sustained threat from ISKP,

“The armed groups that our security forces were clashing with in the Latakia countryside were affiliated with the war criminal Suhail al-Hassan, who committed the most heinous massacres against the Syrian people,” the security director told state news agency SANA.

Syria's security forces have launched operations to remove former president Bashar al-Assad's loyalists from their strongholds

According to Freedom House report, Pakistan also ranked among countries with largest 10-year decline in freedom.

With a score of 35 out of 100, Pakistan is ranked as a 'partly free' country in terms of political rights and civil liberties, according to the Freedom House report published on Wednesday.

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