Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees

Pakistan issues deadline for Afghan refugees after Trump blocks US resettlement pathway
Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old daughter scream from the balcony.
UN raises concerns over continued deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan
Following the suspension of foreign aid from the United States and the resettlement of Afghan refugees, Reuters reported, citing a refugee advocacy group and a U.S. official, that a decision by Donald Trump led to the suspension of flights for more than 40,000 Afghan citizens holding Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs).
UN agencies raise alarm over Pakistan’s move to deport thousands of Afghans waiting to go to the US
About 20,000 Afghans were approved for resettlement in the U.S. under a program that helps people at risk because of their work with the American government, media, aid agencies and rights groups. They were among tens of thousands of Afghans who fled to neighboring Pakistan after their country fell to the Taliban in 2021.
Pakistan Sets Deadline For West To Relocate Afghan Refugees
Pakistan has said it will deport tens of thousands of Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the West if the prospective host countries do not relocate them by the end of March.
UN sounds alarm over Pakistan's new Afghan deportation plans
The United Nations agencies focused on refugees and migration jointly voiced their concerns Wednesday over Pakistan's plans to begin a new round of mass deportations of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers.
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Rising Friction: Pakistan and Taliban Face Off Over IS-KP Threat and Security Disputes
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Pakistan threatens to deport Afghans in resettlement programs if cases are not swiftly processed
Officials say Pakistan has threatened to deport Afghan refugees awaiting relocation to a third country unless their cases are ...
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Pakistan seeks to strengthen ties with Afghanistan: Barrister Saif
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information Advisor, Barrister Dr. Muhammad Ali Saif, met with Afghanistan's Acting Ambassador to Pakistan, Molvi Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb.The meeting also saw the participation of ...
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Militant attack on a police post in restive northwestern Pakistan leaves 3 officers dead
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Polio outbreak spreads in Pakistan as militants target vaccination teams
Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the ...
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Afghanistan’s Gulbadin speaks out on fierce rivalry with Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Gulbadin Naib discusses his role in the DP World ILT20, the intensity of the Afghanistan-Pakistan cricket ...