Migration

17pc of Afghan returnee women earn income: UN report

A new United Nations report finds that only 17 percent of Afghan women returnees from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan are earning an income.

RI urges Pakistan to immediately halt expulsion of Afghans

Afghanistan Analysts Network: Afghans Without Permanent Residency in the UK Face Insecurity

84 Afghans released from Pakistani prisons, returned home

A dozen Afghan refugees freed from Sindh jails

Sohrab Sarwari

8 Mar 2025 - 11:06

The Afghan consul general in Pakistan’s Karachi city says 12 refugees have been released from different jails in Sindh province.

Pakistan asks registered Afghans to leave by March 31

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

8 Mar 2025 - 10:58

In line with its repatriation campaign, the Pakistan government has asked Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country by March 31.

Kabir flays forced deportations from Iran, Pakistan

Noorullah Zazai

6 Mar 2025 - 13:14

Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Maulvi Abdul Kabir has urged host countries to implement a systematic mechanism for the return of Afghan refugees instead of forced deportations.

Over 130 Afghans arrive in Germany from Pakistan

Abdullah Azizi

6 Mar 2025 - 12:20

About 132 Afghan nationals have been flown on a charter flight from Pakistan to Germany, a media report said on Thursday.

Families displaced by Torkham conflict seek urgent assistance

Yousuf Zarifi

4 Mar 2025 - 16:42

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Hundreds of families have been displaced by fighting between Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham township of Momandara district in eastern Nangarhar province

47 Afghans freed from Pakistani prisons arrive home

Veda Qalandari

3 Mar 2025 - 13:46

Forty-seven Afghan nationals, recently freed from prisons in Pakistan, have returned to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Monday.

350 alleged human traffickers arrested in Nimroz: Police

Shima Sediqi

27 Feb 2025 - 12:16

Police in southwestern Nimroz province have arrested 350 alleged human traffickers in the past one month who transferred people illegally to Iran.

China vows to help build townships for refugees

Noorullah Zazai

27 Feb 2025 - 11:53

Chinese Ambassador in Kabul Zhao Xing says his country is ready to assist Afghanistan in the construction of townships for refugees.

ANP slams harassment of Afghans in Islamabad

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

27 Feb 2025 - 11:40

The Awami National Party (ANP) has vehemently denounced raids on houses of Afghan nationals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Pakistan plans to repatriate registered Afghan refugees

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

26 Feb 2025 - 14:40

The Pakistan government has announced the launch of the second phase of repatriating Afghan refugees.

Japan provides $6 million to support vulnerable people in Afghanistan

Noorullah Zazai

24 Feb 2025 - 17:06

Japan has provided $6 million to promote vital livelihoods opportunities for vulnerable people in Afghanistan, a statement said on Monday.

190 shelters built in Afghanistan’s central areas

Noorullah Zazai

24 Feb 2025 - 15:14

About 190 permanent shelters have been built in central areas of Afghanistan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Monday.

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