Iranian media reported that Afghan immigrants who have applied for registration and census would benefit from banking services. According to media reports, Iranian Minister of Interior Ahmad Wahidi raised this issue in a meeting of the Commission for…
The Refugee Department of southern Zabul province on Thursday said the return of Afghan refugees from neighboring countries to the province has accelerated following the end of the conflict. Maulvi Hamdullah Samim, Zabul's director of refugee and repatriation…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his country is facing challenges in processing Afghans trying to flee the war-torn country. Trudeau, whose Liberal government promised to resettle 40,000 Afghan refugees in Canada, says the takeover of Afghanistan by…
More than 1,400 Afghan nationals have been repatriated from Iran, says the Ministry of Refugee Affairs. A total of 1,429 Afghan refugees were repatriated from the neighbouring country on Monday, the ministry said in a statement. It said…
The challenges facing Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan will be discussed at a high-level meeting next month. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Wednesday the four-way talks would be attended by officials from Kabul, Tehran,…
The Iranian embassy in capital Kabul has termed images and videos of Iranian border guards mistreating Afghans as an attempt to destroy relations between the two countries. However, Pajhwok Afghan News report shows that a number of Afghans…
Officials in southeastern Khost province say the repatriation process of Waziristan refugees from the province has begun. However, some of elders of the refugees say many are unwilling to return because of lack of basic facilities and…
Officials of the Department of Refugees and Repatriation in northwestern Nimroz province say more than 2,000 Afghans enter the province daily through the “Silk Bridge” from neighboring Iran. Maulvi Sidiqullah Nusrat, head of the refugee and repatriation department,…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) on Saturday said that around 500,000 Afghans from Iran and Pakistan, and some other countries, had returned to Afghanistan since the establishment of the new caretaker government in the country. Mohammad…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says Pakistan has issued smart identity cards to 700,000 Afghan refugees in that country. Babar Baloch, UNHCR spokesperson in Pakistan, told reporters that the first phase of issuing new electronic documents and…
More than 1.1 million Afghan refugees were repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in 2021, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Monday. A total 1,146,750 Afghans without documents have returned to the country --- 19,000 from Pakistan…
The Department of Refugees and Repatriation says it has so far repatriated more than 5,000 displaced families, but 10,000 other still remain in Kabul. Maulvi Abdul Matin Rahimzai, director of refugee affairs in Kabul, told Pajhwok on Tuesday…
The Department of Refugees and Repatriation of western Nimroz province says around 3,000 Afghans are deported from Iran every day, while hundreds more migrate to the neighboring country via Nimroz border every day due to poverty and unemployment…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan says Afghan refugees are the biggest concern for his administration. Already hosting three million Afghan refugees, Pakistan could not afford to accept any more, the premier said in an interview on Wednesday. Khan…
As the security situation continues to deteriorate across the country, Germany has halted migrant deportations to Afghanistan. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ordered the suspension for the time being on Wednesday, a media report said. The Associated Press…
The Biden administration has urged Pakistan to keep the Durand Line open for Afghan refugees, a media report said on Thursday. Dawn quoted a senior State Department official as saying: “So, in a place like Pakistan, it’ll be…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said four Afghan citizens had died on the Iran-Turkey border after being caught in cold and stormy weather. Meanwhile, images are circulating in social media showing a number of Afghan citizens…
Pakistan’s apex court has ordered the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) to install energy metres at an Afghan refugee camp. In a verdict on Monday, the Supreme Court also directed the Afghan refugees to submit applications for power…
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged the global fraternity to remain committed to Afghanistan at this critical juncture. At the conclusion of a five-day visit to Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo…
The Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (ADSP) on Monday said protection and long-term solutions for Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons must be at the forefront of the international community’s discussion with the Afghan government in this month’s Geneva…
The United Nations chief arrived in Islamabad on Sunday to attend a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees in Pakistan Radio Pakistan reported, Secretary General António Guterres was received by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to United Nations Munir Akram…
KABUL as of November 30, the ReliefWeb said on Sunday. Of the 7,985 Afghans coming home, 6,048 returned from Pakistan, 1,863 from Iran and 74 from other countries. On the domestic front, 402,400 individuals were displaced by conflict this year…
Thousands of families who have recently returned from Pakistan and Iran to southern Kandahar province need shelter, something the government is yet to provide them. Over 8,000 refugee families have recently returned from Pakistan and Iran, increasing…
Around four million Afghan refugees repatriated during the National Unity Government (NUG)’s four years, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Saturday. Rahmatullah Hakimi, head of the ministry’s Repatriates Department, said they were busy implementing the…
