Afghanistan International: The comments were made during a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to a statement from the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued Sunday. Muttaqi urged Iranian authorities to carry out deportations in a phased manner while ensuring humane treatment. In response, Araghchi reportedly assured that future deportations would be
Amu: Afghan women who fled Taliban rule for neighboring Tajikistan are now facing the risk of arrest and forced deportation, according to multiple migrants and rights advocates. Several women told Amu TV that Tajik authorities have begun conducting sweeps and detentions targeting Afghan nationals in various parts of the country. Fearing arrest, many migrants say
8am: Sources confirmed to the Hasht-e Subh Daily that on Sunday, July 27, Pakistani police intensified their crackdown, even conducting searches for asylum seekers while wearing civilian clothes. According to these sources, the arrests have accelerated, particularly in the F-17 and B-17 sectors of Islamabad. They further emphasized that the Pakistani government has suspended the
Afghanistan International: Afghan residents told Afghanistan International on Saturday that police conducted a raid in the area and detained multiple individuals. One resident shared a video, stating he had entered Pakistan legally but now lives in fear of arrest due to the suspension of visa renewals. He said he witnessed police vehicles transporting Afghan migrants
Khaama: Three Afghan asylum seekers slated for deportation from Germany vanished just hours before their scheduled flight, Saxony’s Interior Minister Armin Schuster confirmed. Speaking to MDR on Thursday, July 24, Schuster stated, “The three Afghan asylum seekers disappeared before deportation. They cannot be found—I assume they are hiding.” Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: The World Organization Against Torture has released a report exposing new and detailed accounts of physical and psychological abuse in Taliban detention centres, citing evidence of systematic torture by the group’s intelligence agency. The report, based on extensive interviews with detainees held between 2021 and 2024, documents severe human rights violations including the
Amu: Taliban morality enforcers on Thursday detained a barber and his customer in the northern province of Faryab for shaving a beard, according to local sources. The arrest took place in the city of Maymana, where Taliban morality enforcers sealed the barbershop following the detention, sources said. A video shared with Amu showed the shop
Afghanistan International: The Taliban have arrested and sentenced Abdul Sami Ghaznawi, a prominent cleric who has served as a mentor to many of the group’s members for more than three decades, according to informed sources. Sources told Afghanistan International that Ghaznawi was detained on 17 July from his madrassa in Kabul. A Taliban military court
Amu: The United Nations in a new report has said it has documented “serious human rights violations” against returning migrants, including cases of “torture, arbitrary detentions, and threats to personal security by the Taliban”. Among the testimonies included in the report is that of a former television journalist who said she has lived in de
Khaama: Nicole Deitelhoff, a peace and conflict researcher from the University of Frankfurt, criticized Germany’s Afghanistan policy, saying deportations undermine legal and humanitarian credibility. Germany’s latest deportation flight to Afghanistan has sparked widespread criticism, particularly from peace and conflict researchers and human rights advocates. On July 18, a plane carrying 81 Afghan men with failed