Geo TV: The only all-female coding school in Afghanistan is aiming to bridge gender gaps in a society which considers tough work like programming men’s expertise. Code to Inspire is the first ever only female coding school in Afghanistan. Established in Herat in the year 2015 the school now looks to expand in Mazar-e Sharif. Its founder and
VOA News Masood Farivar June 28, 2016 U.S. lawmakers say they want to make sure a program that enables Afghan military interpreters to immigrate to the U.S. continues without interruption, despite the Senate’s failure to extend the program earlier this month. The interpreters are often targeted by the Taliban. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from
Tolo News: The United Nations refugee agency says in an annual report that persecution and conflict in countries like Afghanistan and Syria has increased the number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide to a record 65.3 million last year. According to the UNHCR’s Global Trends Report, Palestinians are the largest group of refugees at more
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 19, 2016 The UN refugee chief has said displaced Afghans had already been “forgotten” by the international community before they began arriving in Europe in large numbers last year. On a visit to Iran on June 18, Filippo Grandia said his first regional tour as the new UN High Commissioner
Daily Mail: A woman who ran a home for refugees in Sweden is under investigation for sexual offences after two Afghan boys claimed she threatened them with deportation if they refused her advances. The boys, who have not been named, say the woman encouraged them to film her having sex with each of them, according to Eskilstuna Kuriren. The
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 14, 2016 Donald Trump, the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, hardened his position against allowing Muslims into the United States and said his ban would target Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria. In a speech on national security on June 13, a day after 49 people were killed by an Islamic State
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 29, 2016 Bulgaria has returned dozens of migrants detained aboard a freight train from Greece back to its southern neighbor. The migrants returned on May 29 included 56 Afghans. It was the first time Bulgaria had deported migrants to Greece. A separate group of some 40 Syrians and Iraqis detained
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan says it is “sincerely” making efforts to reach a negotiated end to the conflict in Afghanistan because doing so would address Islamabad’s own security concerns and encourage millions of Afghan refugees and migrants who have lived in Pakistan for decades to return to their country. National Security
Open Democracy: In the past few months, Afghanistan’s refugees have returned to the headlines across the world. Europe brokered a deal that will see Greece returning refugees to Turkey; Australia received criticism for a A$6 million (£3 million) anti-asylum movie aired in Afghanistan; and the Afghan government remains uncertain in its ability to resettle a potential
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 11, 2016 The number of people uprooted within their own countries by war and conflict rose last year to a record 40.8 million, a report published on May 10 found. “This is the highest figure ever recorded and twice the number of refugees worldwide,” said Jan Egeland, head of the