Pakistan, Afghan refugees

Afghanistan says Pakistan carrying out mass expulsion of refugees
Afghan refugees are facing arrests and harassment in Pakistan as part of a mass expulsion campaign, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, after the U.N.'s refugee agency said hundreds had been expelled from two cities.
Pakistan steps up arrests of Afghans without papers. Kabul says it's a move to expel all refugees
Authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Pakistan's capital and a nearby city in an effort that the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad described on Wednesday as a push to force the expulsion of all Afghan refugees from the country.
Pakistan to Force Tens of Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of the Capital
The order, giving Afghans until March 31 to go elsewhere in Pakistan, came on the heels of President Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions to the United States.
Pakistan wants to expel all Afghan refugees from the country, says Afghan embassy
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad says Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and their expulsion is imminent
Taliban confirm Pakistan’s new plan for swift mass eviction of Afghan refugees
Diplomats from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban reported Wednesday that neighboring Pakistan is implementing a plan for the “imminent” and swift mass deportation of nearly three million Afghan refugees from its territory.
Pakistan set to expel Afghan refugees amid crackdown, warns Afghan embassy
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad has warned that Pakistan is preparing to expel all Afghan refugees, with arrests and forced relocations already underway in the capital and Rawalpindi, according to a report in Associate Press.
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Afghanistan problem 'can be solved', says former women's affairs minister
Afghanistan has been cloaked in "darkness" since the return of the Taliban government three and a half years ago, but the ...
Taliban withdraw Afghanistan from International Criminal Court
Decision follows ICC chief prosecutor’s announcement last month, seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban supreme ...
Over two dozen terror groups in Afghanistan are ‘driver of instability’: UN report
The UN report said while IS was unable to mount large-scale attacks in India, its “handlers tried to incite lone actor ...
Marine Corps Times on MSN1d
US troops, Afghan allies say executive orders endanger their families
They hoped to see their families escape the Taliban and settle in the United States. But two executive orders put those ...
Blast at ministry compound in Kabul kills 1 person and injures 3
An Afghan government spokesperson says a blast at a ministry compound in Kabul has killed one person and injured three.
US aid freeze presents an opportunity for China in Afghanistan. Will it take it?
US President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign assistance programmes could leave a vacuum in Afghanistan for China to step ...
Al Jazeera English8d
Suicide attacker detonates explosives near Afghan ministry in Kabul
A suicide attacker has detonated explosives near a government building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing one person and wounding three others, a Taliban government spokesman has said.
Five killed in suicide bomb blast in northeastern Afghanistan, police say
At least five people were killed when a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body detonated outside a bank in ...
Women's eNews7d
Taliban Halts Work at a Women’s Radio Station in Kabul
The Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture suspended the broadcasting licence  broadcasting licence of an only ...
Pajhwok Afghan News8h
Azizi launches implementation of $10.5 billion investment in Afghanistan
The Azizi Foundation Head Mirwais Azizi has announced the implementation of over $10 billion investment plan at a gathering ...