World News in Brief: Civilian killings in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan air crash, more Syrian refugees return home

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said in a social media post on Thursday that it had received credible reports that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed in airstrikes by Pakistan’s military forces in Paktika province, on 24 December.
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