ISLAMABAD (AP) — A leading rights group said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s authorities have intensified pressure on Afghan refugees to go back to neighboring Afghanistan, where they risk ...

FILE - Taliban fighters stand near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan, where Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire overnight, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Monday, March 3, 2025.(AP Photo ...

“Pakistani officials should immediately stop coercing Afghans to return home and give those facing expulsion the opportunity to seek protection,” said Elaine Pearson, Asia director at New York ...

LAUREL, Md. — The rent is due, but Rahmani has no money to pay it. The Afghan father of two worked for a U.S.-backed organization in Kabul, which put him at risk of Taliban retribution.

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Over 80 Afghan women studying in Oman with USAID scholarships face deportation due to Trump’s foreign aid cuts. The women fear severe consequences in Afghanistan, including forced marriages and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan ...

“Afghans are not coming to the UK because the streets are paved with gold,” he told The Independent. “They are coming because they are persecuted, and life is very hard for them. Nobody want ...

Tens of thousands of Afghan who have been cleared for resettlement in the US as refugees or on Special Immigrant Visas. The State Department office that oversees their resettlement is seeking an ...

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The potential restrictions, reminiscent of Trump’s controversial 2017 travel ban, are expected to affect thousands of Afghans awaiting resettlement under US refugee programs and Special Immigrant ...