Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 30, 2016 Afghan refugees in Pakistan can remain in the country until the end of the year. The decision by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif comes after an earlier deadline of June 30 for Afghan refugees to leave the country was set to expire. Pakistan is currently hosting at least 1.5 million
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A police crackdown in Pakistan has rounded up and deported hundreds of Afghan refugees in recent weeks. But authorities say Afghans with legal refugee status are not being targeted, nor will they be pushed out of the country. The arrests have mainly taken place in the northwestern border
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Pakistan plans to fence its long, porous border with Afghanistan after construction of checkpoints at all established crossings is completed, a top government adviser said Tuesday. Tariq Fatemi, a close aide to the prime minister on foreign policy, said in Islamabad that “border management mechanisms” were being
Tolo News: Up to 45,000 Madrasas in Pakistan continue to train, fund and send terrorists to fight against Afghanistan, the The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Sunday. According to the MoD, terrorists currently fighting the Afghan security forces are fostered in the Pakistani Madrasas. The terrorists are educated and equipped and then dispatched to Afghanistan to
The News International: The current financial year proved to be sluggish for Pakistan’s trade with Afghanistan as its exports to the neighbouring country in terms of value fell by 27 percent while its imports increased considerably. Collector Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Peshawar, Qurban Ali Khan confirmed here Friday that the fall in bilateral trade, decline in Pakistani
The Indian Express: Afghan people trust India more than Pakistan with New Delhi making significant investments in developmental projects in the war-torn country, a former senior Indian diplomat has said. India has capability and interest to play a strong role in west of India, including in Afghanistan and Mid-east, as well as to the east, former
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—The United Nations on Thursday dismissed Pakistan’s assertions that Afghan refugees have become a source of terrorism in the country, urging the host government “not to adopt rushed solutions” for sending the displaced population back to Afghanistan. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi made the remarks
1TV: Pakistan is violating sovereignty of other nations by allowing terrorists to enjoy safe havens in its soil, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative told the United Nations on Tuesday. Speaking at the U.N. Security Council debate, Mahmoud Saikal noted how chiefs of terror groups such as al Qaeda and Taliban died in Pakistan over the past 15 years. Click
Tolo News: Reports from Pakistan indicate that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa federal government in Pakistan has allocated Rs300 million Pakistani rupees (over $2.8 million USD) to a madrassa known as the University of Jihad. The madrassa has top Afghan Taliban leaders among its graduates, including the group’s supreme leader Mullah Omar, who was announced dead in July last year.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 20, 2016 Pakistani and Afghan diplomats met in Islamabad on June 20 to discuss deadly border clashes but failed to reach an agreement about managing their border. The talks between Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and a six-member Afghan delegation, led by Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai,