Iran says it has hosted Afghan refugees and asylum seekers for years despite sanctions and in the absence of global support. The Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi touted Tehran’s hospitality towards Afghan refugees in a tweet on…
The ill-treatment and torture of Afghan refugees by Iranian police and people has come in for flake. Fearing persecution, no Afghan national in Iran could venture out of home. Photos and videos circulating on social media show Iranian…
Some experts and politicians have slammed the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran as “ruthless”, urging the government and the international community to defend the rights of the immigrants. Key points raised by sources: Iran’s treatment of Afghan…
The University of Maryland (UMD) will offer provisional housing for refugee and evacuee families from Afghanistan, reports a US newspaper. Under a partnership with the International Rescue Committee, UMD is the first to provide space for Afghan families…
Prince Andrew’s former spouse Sarah Ferguson has met Afghan refugees, including girls, female cyclists, a poet and a judge in Albania. The Duchess of York, on her Instagram page, shared photos with the Afghan refugees, including a top…
The first group of 212 of the 2,400 Afghan refugees residing in Albania since last summer has departed on a flight to the US. Media outlets quoted Albanian officials as saying that about 2,400 Afghan refugees had fled…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) have agreed to provide recovery support to refugee returnees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Afghanistan. The joint accord, signed by UN-Habitat’s Officer-in-Charge for its…
Pakistan has underlined the need for making arrangements to keep displaced Afghans inside their country. Islamabad did not have the resources to host more refugees from Afghanistan. National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf told reporters in Washington on Saturday.…
With support from the United Nations, Pakistan is updating and verifying data related to Afghan refugees living in the country. At the end of the UHCR-assisted verification drive, undertaken after 10 years, the documented refugees will be issued…
Afghan refugees with Proof of Registration (PoR) cards will receive new smartcards containing updated data. The Chief Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees, Ministry of States and Frontier Regions and the National Database and Registration Authority are working on the…
Only 1,000 registered Afghan refugees have returned to their country from Pakistan so far during the current year, a media report said on Saturday. The UNHCR-sponsored voluntary repatriation of registered Afghan refugees saw a sharp decline in the…
Pakistan and the United Nations have conferred the Afghan peace process and the dignified return of refugees to their homeland. Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary general’s special representative for Afghanistan (SRSG), met Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi…
The distribution process of electronic National Identity Cards (NICs) and passports to one million Afghan refugees in neighboring Iran, has been officially kicked off today (Wednesday). A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received by Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, a neighbor said. Naqibullah Hamdam told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash occurred in Kalabagh area of the city at around 11:00am today. He said eight people were killed and six others wounded in…
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has asked more than 2,700 Afghan families living in urban parts of Mansehra district to return to their country voluntarily before July 1. If the Afghan families dialed to meet the deadline, they would…
Amid mounting coronavirus deaths and infections, Pakistan has promised taking care of Afghan refugees. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi sought credit for Pakistan hosting the Afghan refugees for four decades. He was addressing a virtual international conference on…
Coronavirus-impacted Afghanis refugee families in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have received cash assistance. The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Safron) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) delivered emergency cash assistance to the most…
About 36,000 Afghan refugee families living in Pakistan will receive Rs12,000 each in emergency cash assistance to meet their urgent needs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pakistan government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced the…
The United Nations has decided to pay Rs12,000 each to 36,000 Afghan refugee families trapped in a lockdown in Pakistan. Minister for SAFRON and Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi made the announcement while addressing a gathering of Afghan…
The European Commission says it is releasing an additional €21 million in humanitarian aid for Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan. Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said: “The EU continues will stand by the people of Afghanistan,…
Islamabad will host a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees on February 17-18, the Foreign Office says. Ministers and senior officials from different countries will attend the conference, convened by Pakistan in collaboration with the United Nations High…
Afghan refugees living in Pakistan should not be forced into returning to their homeland, a Senate Panel has suggested. The Senate Functional Committee on the Problems of Less Developed Areas floated the recommendation on Tuesday after a presentation…
Nearly a dozen Afghan migrants have been rescued from a refrigerated truck in Germany, a media report said on Tuesday. The truck, which picked the 11 Afghans aged 14 to 31 in Serbia, was parked at a service…
Pakistan has urged international community to discharge its responsibility for the early repatriation of Afghan refugees to their homeland. Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Shehryar Afridi issued the call on Wednesday when inaugurated a school for…
