Tag: Afghan refugees

#Pakistan News The Turkish Foreign Ministry late Sunday rejected reports claiming that the U.K. plans to set up offshore asylum centers for Afghan refugees in third countries, including Turkey. In a statement, the ministry said reports regarding the establishment of such centers do not reflect the truth, noting that ...

#Pakistan News The Turkish Foreign Ministry rejected reports claiming that the U.K. plans to set up offshore asylum centers for Afghan refugees in third countries, including Turkey. In a statement, the ministry said reports regarding the establishment of such centers do not reflect the truth, noting that no formal ...

Karachi (Pakistan): On the outskirts of Pakistan's populous metropolitan city of Karachi is nestled a slum township, which in recent days is seeing an influx of Afghan families fleeing from the Taliban rule in the northern Kunduz province in conflict-ridden Afghanistan. Located on the northern outskirts, just off the ...

Afghan Taliban attend a gathering as they celebrate in Alingar district of Laghman Province on March ... 2, 2020. (Photo by NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images As a result of America’s abandonment of Afghanistan and its Afghan allies, refugees are seeking to flee the ...

KARACHI, PakistanAttired in a local traditional loose shirt and baggy trousers, around a dozen students are sitting on a gunny woven jute mat in a small room, solving past papers as part of their preparations for the forthcoming matriculation examinations.The room is a portion of a school for Afghan ...

KARACHI, Pakistan A prove-your-identity condition may leave 3 million people in Pakistan without coronavirus vaccines, including mainly unregistered refugees, jeopardizing the country's fight against the pandemic.Currently, only Pakistani nationals or immigrants who have either computerized national identification cards (CNIC) or official refugee status can receive the jabs.The country of over ...

KARACHI, Pakistan A prove-your-identity condition may leave 3 million people in Pakistan without coronavirus vaccines, including mainly unregistered refugees, jeopardizing the country's fight against the pandemic.Currently, only Pakistani nationals or immigrants who have either computerized national identification cards (CNIC) or official refugee status can receive the jabs.The country of over ...

KARACHI, PakistanHunched on plastic chairs outside a cafe and enjoying traditional green tea after iftar, a fast-breaking meal, at a refugee camp in southern Pakistan, a group of Afghan elders debate on the proposed pullout of the foreign forces from their war-raked homeland.Nestled on the northern outskirts of Pakistan’s ...

KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistan on Thursday launched a nationwide drive to verify the data of about 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees residing in the country, an official said.Their data will be updated and smart identity cards will be issued after verification.The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is assisting Pakistan’s Commissionerate ...

It's a busy weekend for Ahmad Ghani as he drives through New Delhi's Lajpat Nagar neighborhood (pictured above). Although Ghani is recovering from a COVID-19 infection, as the head of the Afghan Refugee Committee in India, he can't afford to be idle. Today he is helping mediate divorce proceedings ...