One individual has died and 20 others have been rescued after migrant smugglers abandoned a group in a river in western Farah province, local officials said. The Farah Police said the victims were among 21 individuals attempting to cross illegally into Iran when they were left stranded in the river by smugglers. Police spokesman Mullah More
Three Afghans convicted in Belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring following a joint investigation by the Belgian Crime Agency and police have been arrested in the UK, a media report said on Tuesday. The men – all Afghan nationals – were apprehended by National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Service officers More
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) says 1,151 Afghan children have been deported from Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey over the past six months. Samiullah Ibrahimi, a spokesman for MoLSA, told Pajhwok Afghan News that since the beginning of this solar year, most of the children have been reunited with their families. He noted More
The United Nations agencies on the occasion of World Day against Human Trafficking on Wednesday said one in every three victims of human trafficking was a child, but the overall number of such victims has decreased by 11 percent. July 30th is celebrated as the World Day against Human Trafficking. In a joint statement, the More
Shamsia, 35, one of the victims of forced marriages, is disabled on both legs going through painful life since her miseries started by forced marriage and further aggravated by divorce because she was unable to give birth to a child. Forced marriages is one of the basic problems that existed for years within Afghan society More
Instead of unlawful migration to Iran and different European countries, Afghan youth want employment opportunities at home. On a sizzling summer day, some youth were seen the Company area of Kabul, planning to go to western Nimroz province and then cross into Iran illegally. They gathered in Kabul from different provinces in a desperate attempt More
Nearly two dozen Afghan citizens have been rescued from human traffickers near Brazil border, an official said on Monday. The 23 Afghan migrants, trying to reach Ecuador, paid human smugglers for transporting them across the country and to its northern border, Peru’s prosecutor said on Sunday. But they were cheated out of their money More
Afghanistan, China and Russia are declared among the worst countries in human trafficking in the US annual report surveying human trafficking around the globe, according to media report. In the recently published US Department of State’s annual report on human trafficking, Afghanistan finds itself among the 11 countries where government involvement in trafficking is prevalent. More
Some educated youth in western Badghis province say they are forced to go for illegal emigration due to unemployment. They want the interim government to create job opportunities for them. Unemployment is among the problems haunting youth over the last 20 years. With their consistent demands falling on deaf ears, they regret, many educated people More
Nine Afghans have gone on trial in France over allegations of attempting to smuggle migrants through the dangerous Channel Water from France into Britain, media reports said. According to a report of AFP, the Afghans went on trial while France and Britain have already signed an agreement to prevent human trafficking on the perilous rout More
