Nearly 11,000 Afghan refugees have returned to the country from Pakistan and Iran during the past eight days, the Ministry Refugees and Repatriation says. A total of 10,902 people returned to the country voluntarily or after being expelled…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on UNHCR to pay attention to its obligation, especially to the millions of Afghans living in his country.
Pakistan has warned all Afghan refugees against supporting or funding political and electoral activities in the country.
UN humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths says the world body is allocating $10 million for Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan. Griffiths wrote on his X handle: “More than 300,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan since mid-September.…
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says more than 400,000 Afghan refugees have returned to the country from Pakistan since November 1. Mujahid told Associated Press on Monday that a large number of Afghan refugees had…
Dozens have been detained in an ongoing crackdown on the foreigners illegally living in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi.
A number of Afghan refugees, who arrived in western Herat province via Islam Qala port after being expelled from neighboring Iran, complain Iranian security forces mistreated and harassed them.
More than 6,000 refugees have returned to their country from Iran and Pakistan on Wednesday, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said. On it Twitter handle, the MoRR wrote that 2,304 refugees deported by Pakistan and entered…
The Pul-i-Charkhi Industrialists Association (PIA) have pledged to provide work opportunities for professional, technical and qualified people who had recently returned from Pakistan. The Pul-i-Charkhi Industrialists Union of Kabul has held a meeting to express their support from…
Some repatriated Afghans have said Pakistani military personnel had extorted them in Torkham and some other areas upon their return to Afghanistan. They claimed Pakistani security personnel extorted people and if someone refused they were not allowed to…
The administrative chief of Spinboldak district in southern Kandahar province termed Pakistan’s decision to expel Afghan refugees in violation with international law. Mullah Abdullah Bashir along with some businessmen and officials on Monday visited Spinboldak crossing and…
The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (MoPVPV) has pledged to generate work opportunities for repatriated Afghans, according to a statement on Monday. Repatriated ulemas who meet the criteria for the supervisor positions…
A number of former Afghan and UN officials have asked United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to urgently intervene and help 1.5 million Afghan refugees inhumanely treated in Pakistan and forcibly deported. In an open letter, the former…
Amnesty International (AI) has asked the government of Pakistan to immediately reverse its decision about the deportation of undocumented Afghan refugees and adhere to international human rights law. On its X handle, the organization wrote: “More than 1.4…
Some Afghans, who were forcibly expelled from Iran, complain about their harassment by Iranian police and urge the Islamic Emirate to stop the phenomenon through diplomatic channels. Recently a video was circulating in social media showing young boys…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked Pakistani authorities to treat Afghan refugees as per international principles and laws. The Afghanistan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation wrote on its X page that a meeting was…
Asked to leave Pakistan by the end of the current month, illegal Afghan citizens have started returning to their homeland via the Torkham crossing. More than 30 Afghan families -- about 1,000 individuals -- left Pakistan over the…
Acting Defense Minister Mualvi Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid on Thursday deplored Pakistan’s decision to evict illegal Afghan refugees, calling it “barbaric” and warned the move could harm ties. Addressing a passing-out ceremony at the Police Academy in Kabul, the…
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad says the bodies of four Afghans have been found in hospitals and other places. The corpses have been found days after Pakistani police arrested 1,000 undocumented Afghan refugees in the last two weeks.…
KABUL (Pahjwok): Iran's interior minister Ahamd Vahidi has emphasized the return of illegal Afghan refugees to their country, saying unofficial statistics show around five million Afghans live in Iran. IRNA reported that Ahmad Vahidi said today (Wednesday) on the sidelines…
Acting Afghan consul general in Karachi Abdul Jabbar Takhari has asked Afghan refugees living in Pakistan’s Sindh province not to participate in political gatherings. Takhari in a video clip requested Afghan refugees living in Sindh not to interfere…
KABUL (Pajhwok: A UN official will visit Pakistan to discuss with officials extension of immigration documents of Afghan refugees and issuance of documents to undocumented refugees. The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) wrote on social media platform X that…
After a 10-day closure of the Torkham crossing, 545 Afghan families returned to the country from Pakistan during the past two days, the Refugees and Repatriation Department of eastern Nangarhar province said on Monday. The Torkham crossing was…
At least 140 illegal asylum-seekers, including Afghan nationals, have been arrested in Turkey. Turkish security forces identified and detained 122 foreign nationals during an operation in Edirne province. They were trying to cross the country’s border illegally, Anadolu…
