The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has suspended the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. The UN-assisted refugee repatriation is suspended between December and February when the mercury drastically falls in many parts of Afghanistan.…
Pakistan, warning of a new influx of refugees. Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi expressed his concern during a meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi in…
KABUL (MWA) has warned that 3.5 million Afghan refugees could miss participation in the upcoming presidential election, asking the government to address the issue. Abdul Aziz Khatebi, communication in charge at MWA, told reporters here: “Recommendations regarding the participation of…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) on Thursday signed multiple cooperation agreements worth 134 million afghanis with different organizations. Mehr-i-Khuda Sabbar, deputy refugees and repatriation minister, signed the deals aimed at providing further services to returning refugees…
KABUL from the country was not a solution, insisting the government was working to pave the way for the return of Afghan refugees from foreign countries. While talking to a ceremony in connection with International Migrant Day at his palace,…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) it has repatriated 389 registered Afghan families to their homeland from Pakistan since March 1. After the winter break, 1,528 individuals were voluntarily sent to Afghanistan from Pakistan, UNHCR said…
The forcible deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran is against bilateral agreements and international laws, participants of a gathering in northern Balkh province said on Sunday. The gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif criticized Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi after…
Refugee and Repatriation minister Sayed Hussain Alami Balkhi on Monday said the situation of Afghan refugees based in Turkey and Greece was getting better. He told a press conference in Kabul that a commission for addressing refugees’ problems…
KABUL Atif Mashaal has asked all Afghan consul generals to address problems Afghan refugees face in the neighboring country soon as possible. A statement from the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad to Pajhwok Afghan News said that the newly-appointed Afghan envoy…
Refugees and Repatriation Minister Sayed Hussain Balkhi on Tuesday said the government had allocated 20 million afghanis to help refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) but a staggering 755 million afghanis was needed for the purpose. Balkhi, who…
The Japanese government has promised a donation of $2.7 million to support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ repatriation programme. The donation was announced in a statement on Friday -- two days after Japanese Ambassador Takashi Kurai…
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has supported Pakistan’s steps towards regulating the legal movement of Afghan refugees at the border. Nobody would support any illegal move that might trigger security problems, Grandi said, commending…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said the return of Afghan refugees from neighboring countries should be voluntary and respectful, pledging support in this regard. The UN agency has said it is ready to support…
As many as 24,048 Afghan citizens returned to their homeland last week, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). In a weekly report, OCHA said 409 Afghan refugees returned from neighbouring Pakistan, 408 from…
A physical clash broke out between Afghan Taliban’s semi-autonomous region -- south and north Waziristan -- in Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province Monday. The displaced persons wanted to erect a peace tent in support of a nascent…
The government of Pakistan has extended the deadline for the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees to June 30. Since the resumption of the voluntary repatriation process, about 2,000 refugees had returned to Afghanistan in March, a UNHCR spokes…
Pakistan says it cannot take a unilateral decision on the repatriation of Afghan refugees, as all stakeholders have to be taken on board. A policy of forced evacuation of Afghan refugees in the 1990s had fallen by the…
In an expected move, the government on Wednesday extended the stay of documented Afghan refugees in Pakistan for two months. The decision came at a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Pakistan…
The immediate return of around two million Afghan refugees from different parts of Pakistan to their homeland is a near-impossibility, says an Afghan diplomat. Afghan Consul General Prof. Moen Marastiyal stressed the need for evolving an effective mechanism…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah says the issue of refugees should not be politicised and a three-way agreement on the subject implemented in letter and spirit. In a statement from his office on Wednesday, the CEO…
About 48,000 refugees returned in 2017 to their homeland from Pakistan under the voluntary repatriation programme, a senior government official said on Monday. In 2016, some 400,000 Afghan refugees had been repatriated under the same programme, the official…
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have devised a joint plan of providing essential aid to half a million displaced people this winter. Hafizullah Miakhel, media advisor to the Ministry…
A total of 4,256 Afghan refugee families returned from Pakistan via the Spin Boldak border crossing into southern Kandahar province this year, officials say. The Refugee and Repatriate Department of Kandahar province says the returning families have been…
Border police recovered 12 weapons from a truck bringing refugee families from Pakistan in Torkham border town in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attuallah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 11 pistols…
