Tag: Refugees

Islamabad — 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. The Taliban-operated embassy in Islamabad issued the statement, ending days of uncertainty about an ongoing police crackdown to ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – When Salima Ahmad* noticed a three-day gap between the expiry of her family’s visas and the date on a document proving that they had applied for renewals, her heart filled with dread. An Afghan citizen living in Pakistan since 2022, Ahmad feared that authorities would arrest her ...

- Humanitarian leaders warn of ‘a highly negative impact’ in Pakistan as suspension of US-funded programs threatens some 1.7 million people, including 1.2 million Afghan refugees- Some analysts argue USAID cut could force developing nations like Pakistan to rethink their dependence on foreign assistanceKARACHI, PakistanOn a cold morning in ...

ISLAMABAD — Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old daughter scream from the balcony.The girl had seen police approach her father in the street outside their safe house in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and ran to confront ...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Pakistan Government has devised a plan to move registered Afghan refugees out of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and gradually repatriate them back to their country. Authorities have also been directed to implement the plan without making any public announcement, Dawn newspaper reported quoting sources. It reported that ...

Ali Amini was just days from starting a new life in the United States when President Donald Trump halted aid for resettling Afghan refugees last week, a move that Amini worries could put his life in danger if forced to return home.After processing in Albania, he had a ...

WASHINGTON —  The Sultani family was nearing the final stages of their case to resettle in the U.S., though their plan was disrupted after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 suspending the relocation of refugees to the U.S. "My family and I couldn’t sleep at ...

ISLAMABAD — "It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC.He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August 2021 and is now a paratrooper for the US military. He worries he can't help ...

Getty ImagesMany Afghan refugees now feel hopeless after Trump's immigration orders (file photo)"It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC.He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August 2021 and is now a ...

WASHINGTON — Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN.The memo comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending refugee ...