The Iranian Embassy in Islamabad urged the faithful worldwide to join in a unified effort to denounce the desecration.

Pakistan says it has agreed to conditions laid down by the IMF to release about $1.1 billion in financial aid, while the UN financial body says discussions are still underway to release funds.

This is the largest international gathering on Afghanistan since the US left the country in a chaotic situation. The extraordinary meeting of OIC foreign ministers was convened in Islamabad to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan has recalled its ambassador from Islamabad over “security threats,” after the envoy’s daughter was briefly kidnapped in the Pakistani capital.