Afghan, Pakistan

Pakistan steps up arrests of Afghans without papers. Kabul says it's a move to expel all refugees
Authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Pakistan's capital and a nearby city in an effort that the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad described on Wednesday as a push to force the expulsion of all Afghan refugees from the country.
Afghanistan says Pakistan carrying out mass expulsion of refugees
Afghan refugees are facing arrests and harassment in Pakistan as part of a mass expulsion campaign, Kabul's embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday, after the UN.s refugee agency said hundreds had been expelled from two cities.
Pakistan to Force Tens of Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of the Capital
The order, giving Afghans until March 31 to go elsewhere in Pakistan, came on the heels of President Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions to the United States.
Pakistan wants to expel all Afghan refugees from the country, says Afghan embassy
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad says Pakistan wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the country and their expulsion is imminent
Taliban confirm Pakistan’s new plan for swift mass eviction of Afghan refugees
Diplomats from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban reported Wednesday that neighboring Pakistan is implementing a plan for the “imminent” and swift mass deportation of nearly three million Afghan refugees from its territory.
Pakistan set to expel Afghan refugees amid crackdown, warns Afghan embassy
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad has warned that Pakistan is preparing to expel all Afghan refugees, with arrests and forced relocations already underway in the capital and Rawalpindi, according to a report in Associate Press.
Whistleblower who exposed chaos of Afghanistan evacuation wins unfair dismissal case against government
Josie Stewart’s security clearance was revoked and she subsequently lost her job after it emerged she revealed failings in ...
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Fall of Kabul whistleblower wins unfair dismissal case
A civil servant who blew the whistle on the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan has won a case for unfair dismissal against the ...
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Pakistan seeks UN support in 'countering terrorism within and from' Afghanistan
Pakistan has sought support from the UN in "countering terrorism within and from" Afghanistan, said an official statement on ...
Blast at ministry compound in Kabul kills 1 person and injures 3
An Afghan government spokesperson says a blast at a ministry compound in Kabul has killed one person and injured three.
US aid freeze presents an opportunity for China in Afghanistan. Will it take it?
US President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign assistance programmes could leave a vacuum in Afghanistan for China to step ...
Five killed in suicide bomb blast in northeastern Afghanistan, police say
At least five people were killed when a suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body detonated outside a bank in ...
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Suicide attacker detonates explosives near Afghan ministry in Kabul
A suicide attacker has detonated explosives near a government building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing one person and wounding three others, a Taliban government spokesman has said.
Senior Afghan Taliban officials in Japan for talks with Japanese officials
Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...
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Taliban Halts Work at a Women’s Radio Station in Kabul
The Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture suspended the broadcasting licence  broadcasting licence of an only ...
The U.S. Can No Longer Ignore the Threat Arising in Afghanistan
Engaging directly with the Taliban may be the only way to protect Americans from the jihadist threat that stirs once again in ...