Tolo News: Police, chasing a truck carrying illegal Afghan migrants into Iran, ended in tragedy after Iranian police opened fire on the vehicle – killing six and injuring 18. ISNA news agency reported that when the truck came to a stop, police found the dead and injured inside. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in the eastern Iranian
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 8, 2016 A court in Iran has begun the trial of four Afghan men accused of raping a French tourist in mountains outside Tehran, Iranian media reported on May 8. Mehr news agency said that the 24-year-old female tourist was hiking in the Farahzad district on Tehran’s northwestern outskirts on
Khaama Press: An Afghan film actress Marina Golbahari has been forced to seek asylum in France after receiving death threats from the hardliners in Afghanistan for her role as an actress. The death threats against Golbahari reportedly intensified after appearing in a film festival in South Korea where she was pictured with head uncovered, drawing the attention
Tolo News: Security forces and civil administration officials on Wednesday asked the Khyber Agency tribesmen to expel Afghan citizens from their areas, warning that Afghan refugees should return to their country by May 19 after which any refugee found in the area would be forcibly expelled and their homes would be demolished. Click here to read
Press TV May 2, 2016 French police have evacuated a makeshift camp in northern Paris that accommodated more than 1,000 refugees, a third attempt by authorities in as many months to clear the area from asylum-seekers. The evacuation started shortly after 6:00 am in the Stalingrad metro station where officials transferred refugees to reception centers. Officials
Khaama Press: An Afghan asylum seeker has reportedly committed suicide in United Kingdom after his application was rejected by the British authorities despite he had served as a translator with the British forces in Afghanistan. According to the local media reports, the 29-year-old Nangyalai Dawoodzai was suffering from severe depression as he was told by the British
Khaama Press: A steep decrease has been reported in Peshawar trade with the repatriation of Afghan refugees from the city which saw a rapid rise following a deadly attack on Army Public School late in 2014. According to the local media reports, citing local traders, the Afghan refugees were forming the majority of their customers. Click here
Khaama Press: Kabul has reacted towards the visit by a delegation of Taliban group leaders to Pakistan shortly after the group announced the delegation will hold talks on refugees and border issues with the Pakistani authorities. A statement by ARG Palace said the visit by Taliban delegation from Qatar to Pakistan is totally vague since the terror
Tehran, April 25, IRNA – Some 360,693 Afghan students are studying in Iranian schools, said an Education Ministry official here Sunday. The ministry’s official for international affairs, Khalilollah Babalou said besides the above-mentioned Afghan students, most of Afghan children who are currently residing illegally in Iran, have been enrolled in schools and are able to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By Daniella Cheslow April 24, 2016 ISTANBUL — Since sneaking into Turkey four years ago, Mostafa has built a life many of his fellow migrants envy. He has learned to speak English and Turkish, obtained a room in a trendy neighborhood, and found work as a waiter. But the idea that