VOA News November 4, 2022 WASHINGTON — Afghan journalists who fled across the border to Pakistan to escape Taliban rule say they still face an uncertain future. Living in Pakistan often on temporary or family visas, many are unable to find work and are concerned about their legal status when their permits expire. “We don’t know
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have sharply reacted to reports a U.S. military officer had forcibly taken a child away from an Afghan couple who arrived in the United States as refugees. The couple filed a federal lawsuit against Marine Corps Attorney Major Joshua Mast and his wife last
VOA News October 22, 2022 Zheela Noori Roshan Noorzai WASHINGTON — Germany’s announcement that it will take in 1,000 at-risk Afghans with their families from Afghanistan will be challenging, an Afghan lawyer says, because it is becoming increasingly difficult for Afghans to leave Afghanistan. In a joint statement, the German Foreign and Interior ministries announced
Khaama: The new programme will admit 1,000 Afghans per month and their family members, targeting particularly exposed Afghans who are active in women’s and human rights advocacy or those at risk for working in the fields of justice, politics, media, education, culture, sport or science. Click here to read more (external link).
Anjana Pasricha VOA News October 11, 2022 NEW DELHI — In a Sikh temple tucked in the narrow lanes of the Indian capital, New Delhi, 60-year Harbans Singh offers a prayer of gratitude. The temple has become his temporary home after he fled Afghanistan, where his family had lived for generations. “We have left our homes,
LA Times: The Times interviewed two dozen people about the issue, including interpreters, U.S. supervisors, advocates and lawyers, and reviewed hundreds of pages of internal State Department communications, government reports and visa applications. The interpreters who spoke to The Times said their visa petitions were denied despite receiving positive reviews from their military supervisors. In
Tolo News: Panjshir residents who were displaced and moved to Kabul expressed worry about the approaching winter. They asked humanitarian agencies for assistance, adding that they have nothing to eat and are struggling financially. With his family of ten, Abdulhai, 40, recently relocated to Kabul from Panjshir. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The [Taliban] Ministry of Repatriation and Refugees (MoRR) says in the past week, more than 10,000 Afghan migrants returned to the country from neighboring countries. Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, spokesman for the MoRR, said Thursday that most of the returnees were those who traveled illegally to neighboring countries. In the past few months, some countries
Monica Verma via Firstpost: If they can’t come back to India which was once the land of their ancestors, then where do they go? The fact that the Sikhs weren’t allowed to carry their scriptures by the current Taliban government to India and the fact that Sikhs will soon be an extinct minority in Afghanistan
Tolo News: A number of Afghans who were recently sent back from Turkey accused the Turkish military of human rights violations and mistreatment. Zekrullah is one of the Afghan migrants sent back to Afghanistan by Turkish police. “I was at work, suddenly police came and took 50 people and me. We spent one week at