The Guardian (UK): Female football players who fled Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021 are criticising a recent BBC article which has labelled some of those evacuated as “false footballers”. The investigation by BBC Newsnight said some of the descriptions of UK visa applicants as national players or members of a regional
Khaama: The United Arab Emirates was accused of arbitrarily detaining between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghan refugees in a miserable accommodation for more than 15 months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. Many Afghan refugees who escaped to the UAE in August 2021 were eventually relocated to the US, Canada and other countries; however, “between
AFP: ‘When Taliban reached the gates of Kabul, it was clear that we should get out,’ recalled Anim director Ahmad Sarmast, who did everything possible to evacuate the students and staff of the music institute. ‘Afghanistan is a silent nation,’ the 61-year-old said. ‘When a country’s music is banned, an entire nation is silenced,’ added
Khaama: The Embassy of Afghanistan in Italy said in a statement that the identity of 32 Afghans had been confirmed as the victims of the Italian shipwreck. According to the press released by the Embassy, out of 180 people on board, 67 bodies have been found so far. The boat carrying migrants from Afghanistan, Iran,
Khaama: At least 80 Afghan migrants, including women and children, died in the shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy on Sunday, according to the foreign ministry of the Taliban, which announced on Tuesday night. The Afghan foreign affairs ministry said, “With great sadness, we learned that 80 Afghan refugees, including women and children, who
Khaama: Dozens of Afghan migrants in Islamabad on Monday said they have protested for more than three weeks in front of the Society for Human Rights and Prisoners’ Aid (SHARP) Office, however, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has not paid attention to the living conditions of migrants in this country so far.
By RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service February 26, 2023 Bulgarian authorities say a van carrying migrants crashed early on February 26, killing one person and injuring 32 others. The driver of the vehicle, which was carrying 46 people, all citizens of Afghanistan, fled the scene and authorities are searching for him, Stara Zagora district prosecutor Dicho Atanasov told
Khaama: Iran’s Sharq Daily on Sunday reported that the Ministry of Education has instructed universities to avoid the entry of Afghan migrant students holding refugee certificates. These students will have to travel to Afghanistan and should enter Iran with passports and study visas to get enrolled in universities and educational institutions, the announcement said. Click
8am: News sources reported that a group of 18 Afghan migrants and refugees were discovered dead in a truck that had been abandoned on an unpaved route near the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The Diplomatic Missions of Afghanistan called on Bulgaria to provide protection and health assistance to the survivors of the victims, as well as
The Guardian (UK): Several thousand Afghans who helped British forces before the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 remain stranded and at risk from the Taliban because of failures of the government’s settlement schemes, according to a damning report by MPs. The defence select committee’s report urged the government to set out what action it is