Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 29, 2016 Serbian police say a car carrying at least 12 migrants crashed on a highway, killing two Afghan nationals and injuring 10 other passengers, including five children. Police said the suspected people smuggler who was driving the car fled the scene of the crash. It occurred early on December
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s first female pilot Nilofar Rahmani has dismissed reports of her apparent move to seek asylum in the U.S and reaffirmed her commitment to serve Afghanistan. Following a report published in the New York Times, Rahmani sent a letter to the Afghan Air Force and to TOLOnews stating that she had been misunderstood and
Reuters: There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country’s air force was requesting asylum in the United States after completing an 18-month training course. The Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed on Sunday that Captain Niloofar Rahmani, 25, had sought asylum after the Wall Street Journal quoted
Tolo News: Nilofar Rahmani, an Afghan pilot who won an international bravery award for women in 2015, and went to the Unites States for training has said she is not ready to return home. According to the New York Times she said due to the deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan she is not willing
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 19, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The Afghan government revealed Monday that more than one million refugees have “voluntarily” returned home from Pakistan and Iran in 2016, representing the highest number of returnees in 14 years. Afghan Refugees and Repatriation Minister Sayed Hussain Alimi Balkhi told the national parliament the returnees from the
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD — More than 30 Afghans returned home Thursday after their applications for asylum were rejected by Germany. The young men are the first of an estimated 12,000 Afghans the German government plans to forcibly send back to Afghanistan under a bilateral agreement. German officials say the migrants have
Khaama Press: An Afghan actress has won the Award for the best performance by an actress in Marrakech International Film Festival, it has been reported. The award was given to Fereshteh Hosseini during the 16thMarrakech International Film Festival on Saturday. Directed by Navid Mahmoudi, the film is based on the story of two young Afghans, Fereshteh (played by
Reuters: Filmmaker Hassan Fazili fled Afghanistan last year in search of a home where he could speak freely after the Taliban threatened him with death over one of his movies. But Fazili, who moved to Serbia, will nevertheless be voiceless at a German film festival next week, when his work will be screened but he cannot
VOA News November 30, 2016 The United Nations announced Wednesday that the conflict in Afghanistan has internally displaced more than a half million people in 2016, the highest number on record. The figure surpasses last year’s record of 471,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and is around 15 percent more than the figure at this time
John Owens VOA News November 30, 2016 ATHENS — They risked their lives crossing continents and seas, but for 90 minutes a week the biggest hurdle for these young men is avoiding the offside trap. A new football team with big-name backing is aiming to make an impact in the Greek leagues, despite the difficulty of