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Bodies Of Migrants Who Died In Bulgaria Returned To Afghanistan, Taliban Says

24th May, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 24, 2024 Afghanistan’s Taliban-controlled Foreign Ministry says the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died of suffocation while attempting to cross into Bulgaria have been transferred to Kabul. The bodies were returned on the morning of May 24, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesman for the ministry, said on Twitter. The

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Posted in Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Bulgaria, smuggling |
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9 Afghans jailed, fined for migrant smuggling

23rd April, 2023 · admin

Ariana: A French court has jailed four Afghans and given shorter sentences to five others as part of a crackdown on the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel. In 2021, the group was found guilty of smuggling 53 people, primarily Vietnamese and Afghan immigrants, into the UK aboard dinghies. Click here to read more

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: smuggling |
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Taliban Collect 600 AFG as Tax for Each Kilogram of Opium Smuggled Through Nimruz

5th February, 2023 · admin

8am: The Taliban are collecting 600 AFG as tax for every KG of opium smuggled through Nimruz border, Afghanistan. Adding that the price of opium has also increased in domestic markets, sources told Hasht-e Subh on Saturday that drug trafficking under the Taliban administration is carried out legally. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Corruption, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Corrupt Taliban, Nimroz, smuggling, Taliban and Drugs |
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Taliban Arrest Chinese Nationals for Allegedly Smuggling Afghan Lithium

22nd January, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News January 22, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested five men, including two Chinese nationals, for allegedly trying to smuggle an estimated 1,000 metric tons of lithium-bearing rocks out of the country. The arrests and the seizure of the rocks were made in the eastern Afghan border city of Jalalabad.

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Posted in China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Lithium, Natural Resources, smuggling |
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Weapons Smuggling Increased from Shamalzoi District of Zabul to Pakistan

29th October, 2022 · admin

8am: Sources on Saturday, October 29, said that local Taliban authorities smuggle weapons across the border by using some local residents. Based on the information, American weapons, including night vision cameras, rifles, and snipers have a very demanding market in Pakistan, particularly the Pakistani military members prefer these weapons. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Corruption, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Corrupt Taliban, smuggling, Zabul |
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Following The Trail Of Smuggled Medicine From Iran To Afghanistan

29th June, 2022 · admin

It’s been estimated that 95 percent of the medicine in Afghanistan enters the country illegally. According to an investigation by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, a significant portion of the pharmaceuticals come from Iran and are smuggled into Afghanistan on trucks and buses.

Posted in Health News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Medicine, smuggling |
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Escaping Afghanistan: People-Smuggling Thrives On Bribes To Taliban

27th May, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 27, 2022 The Taliban has tried to stem the flow of Afghans attempting to escape economic ruin and persecution. But, despite an official ban, the smuggling of undocumented migrants to neighboring Iran and Pakistan continues to rise with the help of Taliban border guards and officials willing to look the other

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Posted in Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Bribe, Escape from the Taliban, smuggling |
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US authorities return 33 antiquities to Afghanistan

20th April, 2021 · admin

1TV: US authorities on Monday returned 33 antiquities valued approximately $1.8 million to Afghanistan. The antiquities were handed over to the Afghan ambassador by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and the Department of Homeland Security. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Art and Culture, History, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: smuggling |
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‘Millions of Dollars, 100s of Kilograms of Gold Smuggled Abroad’

9th March, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: Documents seen by TOLO news show that millions of dollars and hundreds of hundreds of kilograms of gold have been smuggled out of Afghanistan. Sources told TOLO news that a number of lawmakers and politicians in collaboration with the government officials are smuggling US cash and gold from Hairatan Port. Click here to

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, smuggling |
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The Afghan Deputy And The Mystery Of The Smuggled Gold Bars

3rd March, 2021 · admin

RFE/RL’s Tajik Service March 2, 2021 A high-ranking Afghan politician has found himself at the center of a scandal in Tajikistan involving $15 million in cash and some 90 kilos of gold bars seized from smugglers at the Dushanbe airport in November. Mohammad Mirza Katawazai, the deputy chairman of the Afghan parliament, angrily rejects the

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Posted in Corruption, Media, Other News | Tags: Mohammad Mirza Katawazai, smuggling, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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