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Tahir Khan
Sep 10, 2025

UNHCR halts aid in Afghanistan over Taliban ban on women staff

Sources say Taliban authorities visited UN offices earlier this month and barred women employees from work

World

AFP
Jul 24, 2025

UN says Taliban committing ‘rights violations’ against Afghan returnees

Large-scale deportation campaigns launched by Iran and Pakistan have forced millions of Afghans to return to Afghanistan, including more than 1.9 million this year, the overwhelming majority from Iran.

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Reuters
May 22, 2025

Global vaccine, health bodies could team up more to tackle US-led funding crisis

A massive pull-back on government-funded aid budgets, led by the Trump administration, has given the talks more urgency, AFP says.

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Web Desk
Apr 09, 2025

Peshawar Zalmi, UNHCR renew partnership to support Afghan refugees

Peshawar Zalmi’s official jerseys feature the UNHCR emblem, symbolizing their ongoing commitment to standing in solidarity with refugees

Pakistan

Web Desk
Apr 07, 2025

Over 1500 Afghans deported on Sunday

Those who were deported were among a group of 100,000 that either carried Afghan Citizen cards or did not have any legal document, according to an official.

World

AFP
Mar 19, 2025

Italy says six dead, 40 missing after migrant shipwreck

Chiara Cardoletti, the Italy representative of the UNHCR, says, “Still too many dead in a new shipwreck in the Mediterranean.”

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Reuters
Feb 19, 2025

Afghanistan says Pakistan carrying out mass expulsion of refugees

The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR says, it had seen a rise in deportations from Islamabad and Rawalpindi since Jan 1.

Pakistan

AFP
Jan 07, 2025

Hundreds of Afghans detained in Pakistan: Afghan embassy

Afghanistan’s embassy in Pakistan said around 800 Afghans living in the capital have been detained by authorities,

Life

Hum News
Nov 07, 2023

UNHCR ambassador Mahira Khan appeals for compassion for Afghan refugees

Following Pakistan’s decision to deport 1.7 million Afghan refugees believed to be living illegally in the country, more than 180,000 people have returned to Afghanistan.