Migration

KABUL (Pajhwok): Officials of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan in a meeting with a visiting Iranian delegation have asked Iran to exercise honesty and faithfulness

Iran will repatriate a thousand Afghan prisoners to their home country over the next two months, says an official.

About 325 Afghan refugees returned from Turkey to their homeland in the past two days, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced on Sunday.

Nearly 90 new Afghan families who have recently returned from Pakistan and other countries distributed 1.7 million afs and other assistance in southern Khost province.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has signed three agreements worth more than $638,000 with three non-governmental organisations.

Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriates Maulvi Abdul Rahman Rashid has discussed construction of shelters, cash assistance and setting up small business for repatriates with two officials from the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriates said in a statement.

As many as 750 acres of land has been allocated for construction of a township for refugees in Zaranj, the capital of northwestern Nimroz province, an official announced on Tuesday.

A number of repatriated families in central Uruzgan province complain about not having permanent shelters and call on the government to provide them assistance to build their own houses.

Explosions and gunfire hit Afghan migrants at the Iran-Pakistan border, suggests preliminary investigations by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

KABUL (Pajhwok): Nine Afghans have been released from jails in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on .

Deputy Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Georgette Gagnon has held a meeting with businessmen in eastern Nangarhar province to address their problems, a statement said on Tuesday.

Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlavi Abdul Kabir has asked countries to refrain from the forced deportation of Afghan refugees and allow them to return to Afghanistan voluntarily.