Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News | July 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The Afghan government has been unable to help some of its most vulnerable citizens, those displaced internally by violence, due to resistance from provincial governments, lack of capacity in key ministries, and corruption, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. In an audit letter sent
Ayaz Gul, Noor Zahid VOA News | July 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON—Authorities in Pakistan say tens of thousands of families who took refuge in Afghanistan two years ago after fleeing a Pakistani counter-militancy offensive have until Monday to register to return home. Pakistani authorities have been pushing for the families from the North Waziristan tribal region to
Khaama Press: A young Afghan refugee has been hailed as a ‘champion’ following the Munich shooting that left at least 9 people dead, an attack that was carried out by a German-Iranian. According to the local media reports, the 20-year-old Amir Najazada was hailed for saving nearly 200 people by shifting them to the underground of a
Khaama Press: At least three Afghan refugees have been arrested in connection to the murder of a 16-year-old fellow refugee in France, it has been reported. The incident reportedly took place at a open hospitality center in Elliniko, a suburb Athens, the capital city of Greece. The suspects have been identified as 18, 23, and 37-year-old Afghan refugees
Press TV July 16, 2016 The United Nations (UN) says nearly 150,000 Afghan residents were displaced from their homes in the first six month of 2016 as a result of violence in Afghanistan. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said many of those displaced were farmers, who missed critical sowing and harvest
Tolo News: Hundreds of migrants and refugees including Afghans are continuing to arrive daily on Serbia’s border with Hungary, packing inside a makeshift camp without toilets, showers and with one working tap, the Associated Press (AP) reported. It comes as the country introduces new measures meant to keep them from entering the European Union. Click here to
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 9, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in a Pakistani border province say steps are being taken to prevent police harassment of Afghan refugees, but those with no legal status still will be arrested and deported. Pressure has grown — particularly from host communities — calling for authorities to send Afghans to their home
Tolo News: More than 7,000 Afghan refugees have been arrested by Pakistani police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the past week, Consulate General of Afghanistan said on Friday. “Not only police, but civilians harass Afghan refugees in Pakistan. They [Pakistani police] take money from Afghans,” said Roeen, an Afghan refugee, who lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Click
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