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Afghanistan Agrees to Help EU Forcibly Return Thousands of Migrants

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

317398f600000578-0-image-a-2_1475600211408Afghanistan has agreed to help the European Union forcibly return thousands of migrants by issuing travel documents and accepting them on return flights.

The agreement was published on October 4 during a donors conference for Afghanistan in Brussels after Germany said it would make future aid for Afghanistan conditional on Kabul helping to repatriate migrants.

The bloc is considering returning 80,000 Afghan migrants, dpa reported. More than 170,000 Afghan nationals applied for asylum in the EU in 2015, making it the second-largest group behind Syrians.

Under the deal, Kabul is to provide travel documents within four weeks for any Afghan migrant the EU decides to return home, or the EU can issue its own travel documents.

Repatriation operations have in the past been hampered by migrants not having passports, or the authorities in their home countries refusing to recognize their travel documents.

Under the deal, Kabul agreed that migrants can be returned on regular flights or specially chartered planes, with an initial limit of 50 forced returnees per flight.

The EU is to pay the cost of returning migrants and trying to reintegrate them, while the Kabul airport may establish a dedicated terminal for the returnees.

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Afghan prisoner stabs inmate to death in Delhi

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(Last Updated On: May 4, 2024)

An Afghan prisoner in Delhi stabbed another prisoner to death on Friday after a dispute over food, the Times of India reported.

The deceased was identified as Deepak Soni, who was 29-year-old.

The killer has been identified as Abdul Basir Akhundzada who is 44 years old.

Abdul Basir Akhundzadeh had been arrested in connection with a case of attempted murder in Lajpet Nagar area of New Delhi in 2019.

Soni had been arrested in connection with the case of robbery and murder in 2018.

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Afghan consul general in Mumbai Zakia Wardak resigns

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(Last Updated On: May 4, 2024)

Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan’s consul general in India’s Mumbai city, resigned on Saturday, following reports of gold smuggling.

The Times of India has reported that Wardak was caught at Mumbai airport with 25 kilograms of gold smuggled from Dubai.

While announcing her resignation, Wardak said on X that over the past year, she had encountered numerous personal attacks and defamation not only directed towards her but also towards her close family and extended relatives.

“These attacks, which appear to be organized, have severely impacted my ability to effectively operate in my role and have demonstrated the challenges faced by women in Afghan society who strive to modernize and bring positive change amidst ongoing propaganda campaigns,” she said.

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Trans-Afghan railway project expected to be completed by end of 2027: Uzbek official

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(Last Updated On: May 4, 2024)

The Trans-Afghan railway project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister of Transport Jasurbek Choriev said.

“The project will help to connect three countries: Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The railroad will play an important role in the creation of the Eurasian Transport Corridor. As a result, Central Asian countries will have access to an Indian Ocean port,” he said during the III Tashkent International Investment Forum, Trend news agency reported.

The Uzbek deputy minister noted that the railroad will reduce the delivery time of goods from 35 to 5 days, and the cost of goods delivery will be reduced by at least 40 percent.

The Trans-Afghan railway project, first suggested by Uzbekistan in December 2018, proposes to extend the Afghan rail network from Mazar-e-Sharif to Kabul and then to Paktia province.

 

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