Tag Archives: Refugees

KABUL – In a report, the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives (Wolesi Jirga) summoned officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Immigration and criticized them of incompetence and neglect for not addressing the mistreatment and drowning of Afghan immigrants in Iran. According to …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi at a ceremony in Islamabad on Wednesday said his country supports sustainable peace in Afghanistan and wants to maintain good relations with its neighbor. The ceremony was for the distribution of ration packs among Afghan refugees, according to APP. Pakistan’s First Lady Samina Alvi, …

KABUL – Pakistan’s Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) along with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the Pakistan Post Office Department, on Tuesday, announced cash assistance for Afghan refugee families impacted by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Pakistan. The grant is similar …

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani and Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif spoke with each other on phone on Tuesday, discussing the coronavirus outbreak, return of refugees and political situation. During the call, Zarif assured that his country would provide free health services to Afghan refugees suffering from coronavirus, according to …

KABUL – Pakistan on Sunday warned the international community over the developing “humanitarian crisis” among Afghan refugees amid coronavirus lockdown. Pakistan’s Minister for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi told reporters that Pakistan was rolling out a special relief package for Afghan refugees “despite financial difficulties faced by the …

Leaders of the Top 20 Economies Group have pledged to inject more than $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported Friday. Demonstrating more unity than ever since the creation of the G20 during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, leaders …

HERAT – Iran’s worsening coronavirus outbreak is driving some of the country’s millions of Afghan migrants and refugees to return to Afghanistan at dramatically increased rates, according to a UN migration body. In a Tuesday report, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the number of Afghans returning to Afghanistan …

PARIS – Turkish Ambassador to France Ismail Hakki Musa met with French Minister of State for European Affairs Amélie de Montchalin on Monday and discussed Turkey’s relations with the European Union, the migration crisis and developments in the Syrian province of Idlib. Musa told Anadolu news agency that he had …

ANKARA – A new humanitarian crisis has been identified by the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan as thousands of Syrians escape renewed bombing in Idlib. Yet he cautioned that Turkey “will not bear such a migrant burden on its own.” On Sunday, Erdogan said his country could not accommodate a …

KABUL – Chief Executive Office, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, in a statement on the occasion of World Migration Day (which is coincided with December 18) said that, we are commemorating the day to honor the Afghan migrants in other countries. He said, “Afghanistan is among the countries that has largest number …