Nearly 11,515 Afghans returned to the country from Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan and several other countries between 3 and 9 May this year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): UN humanitarian aid coordinator for Afghanistan Daniel Andres has pledged long and short-term assistance with Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan. Daniel Andres .
KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan had unilaterally taken decision to expel Afghan refugees without taking the consent of UNHCR and sharing the matter with the Islamic ‘Emirate
Since the beginning of their forcible eviction from Pakistan, over 300,000 refugees have returned to the country, says Refugees and Repatriation Minister Khalil Ur Rahman Haqqani.
A temporary camp is being established in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, for refugees returning from Pakistan, officials said on Monday.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Spanish coast guard has save more than 500 migrants including women and children from drowning in Canary Islands of Atlantic Ocean. VOA in
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): The Public Health Department of eastern Kunar province has dispatched a 30-member medical team to Tokham township to treat ailing Afghan refugees .
KABUL (Pajhwok): Over 120,000 repatriates who have returned or deported from Pakistan have benefited from the services of committees set up by the High .
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The leaders of some families who have returned from Pakistan had been arrested by Pakistani police and sent to jails, an official said
Acting Afghan ambassador in Islamabad says Afghan refugees being deported to their country are facing many difficulties including delayed work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Based on the prime minister’s order, a committee consisting of lawyers and experts has been formed to defend the rights of Afghan refugees living in foreign countries, an official said on Sunday.
The acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has called Pakistan’s recent decision on forcible expulsion of Afghan refugees inappropriate and against international norms and Islamic principles.
