- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securityrefugees
Qatar working to open humanitarian corridors to Afghanistan, official says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar is working to facilitate the opening of humanitarian corridors to get aid into Afghanistan, a Qatari foreign ministry official said on Friday. Qatar was engaging with…
At an Afghanistan border crossing, people face uncertainty and a long wait
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam TORKHAM, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Shafiq Mohammad, 40, stands at a closed pedestrian crossing gate on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, holding a passport and a stack of…
Tajikistan can’t afford to take in Afghan refugees without help -police chief
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan cannot afford to take in large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers from neighbouring Afghanistan as it promised to do in the summer, the police chief…
With airport closed, fearful Afghans scramble for the border
(Reuters) -Crowds seeking to flee Afghanistan gathered on its borders while long queues formed at banks on Wednesday, as an administrative vacuum after the Taliban's takeover left foreign donors…
With no evacuation flights, Afghans weigh risky overland trips to borders
By Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the last U.S. troops prepared to leave Afghanistan, Hussain, a U.S. passport holder who worked with the U.S. military, scrambled…
Planeload of fleeing Afghans arrive in Mexico, including journalists
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A plane carrying 175 Afghans fleeing their strife-torn homeland arrived in Mexico on Tuesday night on one of the last flights to leave Kabul on the…
Germany donates USD 2.3 million to aid Afghan, Iraqi refugees in Iran
Tehran [Iran], August 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany contributed USD 2.3 million to support Afghan and Iraqi refugees in Iran, the World Food Program said in a press release on Tuesday. "The…
Uzbekistan completely closes its borders to Afghan refugees
Tashkent [Uzbekistan] August 31 (ANI): As thousands of Afghans have managed to flee from Afghanistan to other countries following the Taliban's takeover, Uzbekistan has "completely closed" its border to Afghan…
Moscow calls on UN to return to Afghanistan as influx of refugees possible
Moscow [Russia] August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow believes that the influx of Afghan refugees to other countries is possible and calls on the United Nations to return to the country, Russian…
Political uncertainty may force 500,000 Afghans to leave country in next 4 months: UNHCR
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): Due to political uncertainty following the collapse of the former government to the Taliban, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Saturday estimated…
Greece erects fence at Turkey border to prevent Afghan refugee influx
Athens [Greece], August 22 (ANI): In a bid to prevent the influx of Afghan refugees from the Turkish border, Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance…
UNHCR issues non-return advisory for Afghanistan
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a bar on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers…
