Authorities in Afghanistan need to do more to end torture and ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees, says a UN report released on Wednesday.

Japan has been praised by the UN’s atomic energy agency, for the progress it has made in shutting down a nuclear reactor which was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Mine clearance takes time and money and the UN agency that’s leading global efforts against the deadly ordnance says it needs nearly $300 million to carry on with its work.

Japan has said it will stand alongside the international community as it faces up to battling terrorism in the Middle East.

It follows the execution in Syria in January of two Japanese nationals by the militant terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIL.