Tue, 21-Oct-2025

More than 5,000 Afghan refugees return homeland

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More than 5,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. 173 unregistered refugees landed in southern Kandahar province from Pakistan. More than 740,000 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported to Afghanistan, mostly from neighbouring countries, since August 2021. The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs stated on Thursday that 5,159 … Read more

Illegal Afghan migrants arrested from Ghotki: Police

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Illegal Afghan migrants have been arrested from Sindh’s Ghokti over no travel documents, stated Police.  According to sources, the police stopped 11 Afghan nationals which includes three women, six children, and two men at the Sindh-Punjab border, and asked them to show travel documents. The police arrested the illegal immigrants over failure to show legal … Read more

Karachi can’t handle the incursion of additional Afghan migrants, Nasir Hussain Shah

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Sindh Information Minister, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, said on Monday that Afghan migrants could enter Pakistan if civil war breaks out in the bordering country. He stated that during a summit with European Union (EU) Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara, who called on him here in Karachi. In the meeting, consensual relations, forced labor of … Read more

Italy warns of Afghan migrant upsurge after troop pull-out

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned on Wednesday that Europe may have to deal with a large invasion of immigrants from Afghanistan after the pull-out of US and NATO crowds. “It is foreseeable that the withdrawal from Afghanistan will lead to an increase in immigration from that country of an as yet unknown quantity, but … Read more

Vans collision in Iran killed 28 Afghan nationals

Vans collision in Iran killed 28 Afghan nationals

At least 28 Afghan nationals were killed in vans crash in southeastern Iran here on Thursday. Two trucks collided in Sistan-Baluchistan province which left another 21 passengers injured. According to reports, 21 people were injured when two vans collided near the town of Khash in Sistan and Baluchistan province. The area is a frequent route … Read more