AA: Turkish Airlines is preparing to make an important development by resuming its flights to Afghanistan, which were suspended in 2021 due to the U.S. withdrawal from the country. Starting May 21, Turkish Airlines will operate four flights a week between Istanbul and Kabul on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Click here to read more
Khaama: The Turkish police have announced that 40 Afghan asylum seekers were detained during an inspection of cargo trucks in the city of Amasya. Turkish media reported on Saturday, March 30th, that these refugees had concealed themselves in a food-carrying truck travelling from the city of Ağrı to Istanbul. Click here to read more (external
By Michael Scollon Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2024 Afghans are being pushed back, fenced out, and left to fend for themselves in the face of Taliban persecution and widespread hunger. Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans have been kicked out of neighboring countries and forcibly returned to Afghanistan in recent months. Millions more are
8am: Currently, Qatar is one of the key players in Afghan politics. Qatar’s relationship with the Taliban dates back to the early years of the group’s emergence. However, the opening of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar and this country’s unwavering propaganda support for the Taliban, followed by the signing of the Doha agreement between
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi February 23, 2024 The families of 39 Afghan citizens detained in Turkey after they reportedly tried to reach Europe on a migrant route have called for the release and the safe return of their relatives. The Afghan migrants were hiding inside a truck carrying boxes of tissue when they were arrested in the Çilimli
Ariana: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that no promise was made to grant visas and residence permits to Afghan migrants. Fidan’s comments came in response to a parliamentary question by Deniz Demir, Ankara deputy of Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Anadolu Agency reported. The question concerned allegations that “legalization
Khaama: Turkish media reported on Saturday, January 4th, that 24 individuals from Afghanistan who intended to enter Turkey were detained by Turkish police in Ağrı. According to reports, these individuals were detained by the Turkish police at the exact moment they were trying to enter Turkey using a motor vehicle from the Iran-Turkey border. Click
Farkhunda Paimani Roshan Noorzai VOA News December 15, 2023 WASHINGTON — Edris Niazi had “a normal life,” back in Kabul, working as a government employee, but his life “turned upside down” after the Taliban seized power in 2021. Niazi, 32, is now working as a welder in Turkey’s Kayseri province with “no future,” as he fears
Akmal Dawi VOA News November 29, 2023 Pakistani police are facing accusations of unlawfully detaining, beating, extorting and sexually harassing Afghan refugees as part of a coercive campaign aimed at compelling them to return to their home country. “Police and other officials have carried out mass detentions, seized property and livestock, and destroyed identity documents
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 15, 2023 The family of an Afghan migrant worker in Turkey has accused his employers of killing him and then burning his body to cover up their crime. Speaking to RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on November 15, Qamar Gul said her husband, Wazir Mohammad Nourtani, didn’t return from work in Turkey’s western