All posts tagged "Refugees"

Countries should take positive steps to ensure stability in Afghanistan: Stanikzai

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai on Wednesday called on countries in the region and beyond to stop spreading “negative propaganda” against...

UN refugee chief discusses Afghanistan in meeting with Qatari PM

U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met on Thursday with Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on the margin of the...

IEA urges Iran to provide necessary facilities for Afghan refugees

Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, political deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said in a meeting with the Iranian parliamentary delegation on Monday that...

Bodies of 800 Afghan refugees repatriated in past year: officials

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced Wednesday that the bodies of 800 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from a number of countries in the past...

Afghan refugees should be treated according to international laws, Stanikzai tells Turkish envoy

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stankzai, political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a meeting with Cihad Erginay, the Turkish ambassador in Kabul, said on Sunday...

Return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan has increased: officials

Local officials in Spin Boldak port of Kandahar province say that dozens of Afghan families return from Pakistan to their country through the port every day....

Afghan refugees are not a security challenge: Iran

Iran’s interior minister has said that more than five million Afghan refugees who are currently residing in Iran are not a security challenge for Tehran. “The...

Philippines president: No deal yet on housing Afghan refugees

There is no deal yet on the request made by the United States to house Afghan nationals in the Philippines as studies are ongoing regarding its...

Afghan envoy in Pakistan says UNHCR not interested in solving refugees’ issue

UNHCR has not taken any cooperative and beneficial measures to solve the problems of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, the Afghan envoy in Islamabad said on Tuesday....

Rights watchdog calls on Pakistan to stop arresting Afghan refugees

The Government of Pakistan must urgently stop arbitrarily arresting and harassing Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, Amnesty International said on Tuesday – on World Refugee Day....

Mistreating refugees is against international norms: Mujahid

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Wednesday criticized Iran and Pakistan for their treatment of Afghan refugees and said their...

Saar: Mistreatment of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Iran discussed

Muttaqi urges foreign nations to refuse sanctuary to Afghan migrants

The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Tuesday that security in the country has been restored and Afghans should...

International community must not forget Afghans: refugees minister

The international community should not forget the Afghan people and should not politicize the humanitarian issue, the country’s minister of refugees and repatriation said on Sunday....

Bodies of 18 Afghans found dead in Bulgarian truck arrive in Kabul

The bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who were found dead over three months ago in an abandoned truck in Sofia have finally been repatriated. Officials said...

Over 4,500 Afghan refugees return home from Iran in last 3 days

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) has reported the return of 4,790 Afghan refugees to the country from Iran over the past three days. The...

Iran to UN: Handling Afghan refugees requires international support

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a phone call with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that handling the “huge number” of Afghan...

9 Afghans jailed, fined for migrant smuggling

A French court has jailed four Afghans and given shorter sentences to five others as part of a crackdown on the smuggling of migrants across the...

Tahawol: Challenges faced by refugees in Iran discussed

Refugees minister meets with Iran’s ambassador in Kabul

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Minister of Refugees and Repatriation met on Sunday in the Afghan capital with Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s ambassador to Kabul,...