Six Afghan nationals lost their lives in a traffic accident in Iran’s Kerman province, according to media reports. The ISNA news agency, quoting Sayed Mohammad Saberi, head of the emergency department in Kerman province, reported that the incident occurred around 1:34 PM on Thursday on the Baghin–Bardsir highway, about five kilometers from the city of More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 62 more Afghan citizens have returned to their homeland after being released from prisons in Pakistan. According to border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak town, the ministry wrote on X the 62 Afghans, who spent one to four days in jails, had been arrested in various parts More
The German government has temporarily suspended the evacuation flights of Afghan refugees for a period of two weeks. According to Reuters, Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the pause will allow the incoming government to determine how to proceed with the refugee resettlement process. The Federal Foreign Office said that approximately 36,000 individuals have More
More than 100,000 Afghan refugees have returned to the country during the past three weeks after being forcibly expelled from Pakistan, a media report said on Wednesday. The deadline for the departure of Afghan refugees in Pakistan expired on March 31. Dawn news reported more than 100,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the past three More
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says two-thirds of Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan are children. Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF representative in Afghanistan, shared wrote on X: “Just returned from the Torkham, where I met these boys at a child-friendly space.” According to him, of the 600,000 Afghans who have returned since September More
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 115 more Afghan citizens returned to their homeland on Monday after being released from prisons in Pakistan. Citing border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak town, the ministry wrote on X the 115 Afghans, who spent one to three days in jails, had been arrested in various parts More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 130 more Afghan citizens returned to their homeland on Saturday after being released from prisons in Pakistan. Citing border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak border town, the ministry wrote on X the 130 Afghans, who spent one to three days in jails, had been arrested in various More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 50 more Afghan citizens released from prisons in Pakistan returned to their homeland on Thursday. Citing border officials in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak border town, the ministry wrote on X the 50 Afghans, who had spent one to five days in jails, had been arrested in various parts More
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has voiced its concern at the forced expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. The Federation announced it was supporting the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) to address the immediate and longer-term needs of 50,000 people. Earlier, the government of Pakistan had asked all Afghans More
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) says 91 Afghans released from prisons in Pakistan have returned to their homeland. Citing Spin Boldak border officials in Kandahar, the ministry wrote on X the 91 Afghans, who had spent one to five days in jails, had been arrested in various parts of Pakistan. After receiving humanitarian More
