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UN agency warns of Afghans dying in harsh winter if there’s no proper shelter after leaving Pakistan
KABUL: The UN refugee agency has warned that Afghans could die in harsh winter conditions if they don’t get adequate…
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Afghanistan’s art and artists are on the brink of obliteration
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Deportation drive sparks ‘sense of panic’ among Afghan refugees in Pakistan: UNHCR
In the southern port city of Karachi, where hundreds of thousands of Afghans live, police carried out door-to-door searches in…
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Afghanistan urges Pakistan to release thousands of containers from port
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday (Nov 14) to release thousands of containers of imports it said were stuck at…
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Pakistan PM says expulsion of Afghans a response to Taliban non-cooperation
Kakar said 15 suicide bombings in recent months had been carried out by Afghans, and dozens of Afghans had been…
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Pakistan speeds up Afghans’ repatriation as deadline expires
Those arriving in Afghanistan complained of hardships. “We spent three days on (the) border in Pakistan. We had a very…
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Mass exodus of Afghans as deadline to leave Pakistan arrives
PESHAWAR: Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced detention and deportation on Wednesday (Nov 1), as a government…
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Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million
They will be processed at “holding centres” and then deported, he told reporters, adding that women, children and the elderly…
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Pakistan prepares deportation centres as deadline for Afghans looms
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government said on Thursday (Oct 26) it would open several “holding centres” for undocumented migrants as a…
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UN rights experts call on Pakistan to axe plans for mass deportation of Afghans
GENEVA: UN human rights experts on Tuesday (Oct 17) called on Pakistan to refrain from deporting Afghan nationals after Islamabad…
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