Forced deportation: UNHCR warns crisis as winter approaches
With the advent of winter, forced deportations from Pakistan are deepening Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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UNHCR builds park, waiting hall in Torkham
Two passengers waiting halls and a park will be built in Torkham Port to facilitate Afghan refugees deported by Pakistan, according to a statement on Saturday. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on its Twitter handle wrote: “UNHCR…
UNHCR funded hospital inaugurated in Helmand
UN Refugees Agency (UNHCR) has built a hospital building in Lashkargha, the capital of southern Helmand province, and opened it for service, an official said on Tuesday. Dr. Syed Ahmad Saeed, health Department Director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
$14.4m required to meet quake survivors’ urgent needs: UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said $14.4 million are required to meet urgent needs of earthquake survivors in western Herat province.
Refugees issue in Pakistan to be discussed at Geneva meeting
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…
Afghan refugees’ problems: UN official to visit Pakistan
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…
Over 9 million Afghans forcibly displaced globally: UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that 5.6 million Afghan refugees and 295,000 asylum seekers are living in foreign countries. The UN Refugee Agency published these figures and said that 9.2 million Afghans had forcibly been…
UNHCR launches new appeal for Afghan refugees, hosts
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has launched a response plan to support 7.9 million people with 5.2 million Afghans, including refugees and their local hosts across the region. The Regional Refugee Response Plan for the Afghanistan Situation…
UNHCR, Uzbekistan send 48000 blankets to Afghanistan
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, with the support of Uzbekistan on Wednesday sent 12 trucks carrying over 48,000 blankets to Afghanistan to provide life-saving assistance to forcibly displaced persons and other vulnerable people in Afghanistan during harsh winter.…
UNHCR to build 137 houses for war-hit people in Laghman
Construction of houses for 137 displaced people in the capital of eastern Laghman and Alingar district has been launched with the financial support of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Maulvi Ghulam Rehman Bilal, director of refugee department,…
UN agencies support voluntary return, reintegration of IDPs
Some 1.23 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have voluntarily returned, including over 211,000 people so far in 2022, according to a joint statement from the UNHCR and the UNDP on Tuesday. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with the…
3.4m Afghans displaced, half of them women and girls
Without specifying the time, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says 3.4 million people are displaced in Afghanistan, more than half of them are women and girls The refugee agency wrote on its Twitter page that…
UNHCR formally launches small loan program for refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday formally launched a microfinance scheme for displaced families and returning refugees, the refuge agency. UNHCR in a statement said the small loan scheme was launched in cooperation with…
UNHCR launches 1st microfinance scheme in Afghanistan
UNHCR has announced the launch of a new microfinance scheme to assist internally-displaced people, returnees, and residents of host communities engaged in small business activities. The UN refugee agency said the initiative had been launched in partnership with…
UNHCR constructs 1000 houses for Paktika quake victims
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday announced constructing 1,000 houses for more than 8,000 earthquake victims in Barmal district of southeastern Paktika province. On its twitter page, UNHCR said the newly-built houses would be…
UNHCR distributing cash aid to 826 poor Helmand families
Hundreds of destitute families are being given cash assistance by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province. The process of distributing the cash assistance has been started and a…
UNHCR, UNDP agree to help quake victims rebuild lives
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday launched a USD $1 million joint program to assist earthquake-affected families in rebuilding their lives through improving access to basic services. The joint program was…
UNHCR sends earthquake relief for 12,000 people to southeast
Three convoys of relief supplies from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have so far been sent to help people in southeastern Afghanistan’s Paktika and Khost provinces who lost their homes and possessions amid the devastation wrought by last…
UNHCR vows better environment for IDPs, returnees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was working to provide a better environment for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returning refugees in Afghanistan. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi wrote on his…
UNHCR pledges support to 5mn vulnerable Afghans this year
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has pledged support to five million venerable Afghans this year. On its Twitter handle, UNHCR said: “Conflict, displacement, drought, + economic crises have severely affected millions of people in Afghanistan. UNHCR…
UNHCR calls Afghan women’s situation worrisome
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over the situation of Afghan women and girls, saying the country should not leave the gender behind. UNHCR in a series of tweets on Thursday said that…
China, UNHCR provide humanitarian supplies for Afghans
Humanitarian supplies, provided by China's South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund in cooperation with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), have been handed over to Afghanistan. Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency…
UNHCR and UN-Habitat to provide recovery support to Afghan returnees and IDPs
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…
UN trying to find international status for Afghanistan: Grandi
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday said the world body was trying to get Afghanistan some international status. A statement from the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation Affairs said UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi met…
