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Thousands of Afghan Refugees Flood Back Home from Iran, Pakistan

MENAFN · April 27, 2025

(MENAFN) A total of 1,667 Afghan families, comprising 8,090 individuals, made their way back to Afghanistan over the weekend, according to the country’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems. The returnees crossed into Afghanistan...

Thousands of once protected Afghan refugees in the United States face deportation

Middle East Institute · April 25, 2025

The chaotic US military pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021 became a hot campaign issue in the 2024 presidential election and continues to echo today. President Donald Trump, who set the withdrawal in motion during his first term in office,...

Pakistan Steps Up Afghan National Deportations

MENAFN · April 20, 2025

(MENAFN) This month, Pakistan has deported over 19,500 Afghan nationals, with the United Nations forecasting that an additional 80,000 could be expelled before the April 30 deadline. The government is intensifying its efforts to remove...

Pakistan Expels Numerous Afghans

MENAFN · April 20, 2025

(MENAFN) Pakistan has deported over 19,500 Afghans this month as part of a broader effort to expel more than 80,000 individuals before the 30 April deadline, according to the United Nations. The country has intensified its actions against...

Empowering Women and Youth in Afghanistan: Successful Conclusion of the UNITAR Entrepreneurship Training Programme

UN International Training and Research Center · April 14, 2025

Since the first phase started in August 2024, the programme has engaged 2,158 individuals from all 34 provinces in Afghanistan, providing tailored training courses aligned with their current business environment. Eighty young entrepreneurs...

Afghanistan: ICRC Director-General highlights massive humanitarian needs and calls for sustained international support

International Committee of the Red Cross · February 24, 2025

During his time in the country, he engaged with Afghan authorities in Kabul, met with patients and beneficiaries of humanitarian services in Kabul, and took stock of the ICRC’s response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis. He also met with the...

Explosion in Afghanistan Strikes Police Headquarters in Kandahar

MENAFN · April 10, 2025

(MENAFN) On Thursday, a powerful explosion occurred at an aging ammunition depot in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, sending shockwaves through the nearby police headquarters. The blast, which took place at a military facility,...

UN Human Rights-Supported High Note Global Prize Awarded to the Song 'We Believe in Hope' on International Day of Hope

EIN Presswire · July 12, 2025

Award-winning composer Jeff Beal, Afghan artist Aryana Sayeed, and Joan Beal created the song inspired by the story of Afghanistan’s all-female robotics team. NEW YORK, CA, UNITED STATES, July 12, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- As the world...

Afghanistan: 2024 Operational facts and figures

International Committee of the Red Cross · February 10, 2025

In 2024, communities in Afghanistan continued to face significant challenges to access basic necessities such as healthcare, food and clean water. The humanitarian situation in the country remains extremely dire as a result of decades of armed...

OSCE strengthens border and customs officers’ mental preparedness at the Uzbek-Afghan border

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe · March 27, 2025

In response to security challenges in the region, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department held a training course on building psycho-emotional resilience for 32 border and customs officers working at the Uzbek-Afghan border, as well as private...

Fire erupts at fuel depot in Afghanistan, injuring three

MENAFN · March 25, 2025

(MENAFN) A significant fire erupted at a petrol depot located within Kandahar city, in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, on Sunday night. The incident resulted in injuries to three individuals, including a firefighter, as they worked to...

Five die in car rollover accident in Afghanistan

MENAFN · March 26, 2025

(MENAFN) Five individuals lost their lives on Tuesday night when the car they were traveling in veered off the road and overturned in the Shaikh Rabat region of Farkhar district, Takhar province. According to provincial police spokesman Qari...

UNICEF Urges Lifting Ban on Girls' Secondary Education in Afghanistan

MENAFN · March 23, 2025

(MENAFN) On Saturday, UNICEF called on the interim Taliban-led government in Afghanistan to remove its ban on girls' secondary education with the beginning of the new school year, marking a third consecutive year without girls in classrooms above...

How safe public spaces are empowering women in Afghanistan

UN Human Settlements Program · March 27, 2025

India urges SCO to take ‘uncompromising position’ on terrorism

MENAFN · July 17, 2025

(MENAFN) Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to adopt a firm and uncompromising approach toward terrorism, emphasizing the need for the bloc to uphold its founding principles. Speaking at the...

US disengagement and new regional security dynamics in Afghanistan’s neighborhood

Middle East Institute · March 1, 2025

Afghanistan’s neighborhood is in the midst of a consequential restructuring of its security architecture. Perhaps unsurprisingly, key regional actors Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and China have been continuing to adjust their defense plans and...

OSCE trains outpost heads to enhance security along the Tajik-Afghan border

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe · March 4, 2025

From 17 to 28 February 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a comprehensive two-week training course for the heads of border outposts serving along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. The training, held at a border detachment...

United States Arrests ISIS-K Attack Planner for Role in Killing of U.S. Military Service Members at Abbey Gate, Afghanistan

The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico · March 5, 2025

Note: View the affidavit and complaint here. On March 2, 2025, the United States charged Mohammad Sharifullah, also known as “Jafar,” a member of the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), with...

UK: Refugees to be prevented from ever receiving citizenship ― Home Office releases controversial deportation video ― Record number of deaths in asylum accommodation in 2024 ― Confirmation of blanket rejection of asylum claims from Afghan special force…

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) · February 20, 2025

The Home Office (Ministry of the Interior) has introduced a new measure which will make it almost impossible for people who arrive in the UK irregularly to ever receive British citizenship. The Home Office has released a video showing people being...

Afghanistan: Helping a record number of children with cerebral palsy

International Committee of the Red Cross · December 2, 2024

When Gul Wazir's eight-month-old daughter, Fatima, struggled with mobility caused by CP, he became her superhero. After spending months searching for the right treatment, the devoted father travelled four hours away from their home in eastern...