By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews, Sept 24, 2023 at 9:51 PMThe consul of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said that hundreds of Afghan refugees have been detained over the last 15 days. Takhari said that the detentions of the Afghan refugees by the Pakistani police is continuing. He called on the Pakistani government to stop detentions of registered refugees of Afghanistan. “The process of detaining Afghans has been continuing by Pakistan’s police.…
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report in TOLOnews, Sept 11, 2023 at 10:11 PMIn the wake of rising tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, Afghan refugees in Pakistan complained about mistreatment by the county’s police. An official of the Afghan Refugee Council in Pakistan said that the Pakistani police have arbitrarily detained 100 Afghan refugees in Karachi. “They have imposed heavy fines. They have taken actions under the pretext of illegal migration. This is a major concern,” said Mir Ahmad Rauf,…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, June 12, 2023 at 9:32 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that the Waziristan refugees will be relocated in the north, south and central areas of Afghanistan. Mujahid said that the relocation of these refugees will not cause threats to any province of the country and that it is also not “based on racism,” but the decision was made to ensure the interest of both countries—Afghanistan and Pakistan. He…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews, June 11, 2023 at 8:47 PMAfghan refugees have complained over lack of job opportunities in Iran, saying they are also concerned about “mistreatment” by authorities. “Even if an employment opportunity is provided, because of religious issues or for being a Sunni and Afghan, you cannot engage in work. If they are selected for a job, they are given heavy tasks,” said Mursal, an Afghan refugee in Iran. “The refugees have…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, June 04, 2023 at 8:32 PMThe Islamic Emirate is planning to relocate the refugees alongside the Durand Line to other provinces in the country, an official said on Sunday. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the move aims to assure Islamabad that the refugees are not involved in attacks against the Pakistani government. “To give a general assurance, the Islamic Emirate planned to take the refugees, who…
AFP report, May 23, 2023The United Nations food agency said Monday lack of funding has forced it to cut food aid for around one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh for the second time in three months. Rations would be cut from $10 per person per month to $8 from 1 June, World Food Programme spokesperson Kun Li told AFP in an email. The full ration of $12 had already been cut in…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 03, 2023For the first time, the Department of National Identity Card and Civil Registration is considering registering the births, deaths and other vital events of the refugees living inside the country. Although the legal framework and parameters for this are being discussed, officials said both the home ministry and the department are positive about the civil registration of refugees. “Refugees living inside the country are facing problems…
Report in TOLOnews Online, March 30,2023Countries that have committed war crimes in Afghanistan in the last four decades and have killed Afghans under various names should be sent to the International Criminal Court, said Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation. Addressing an event of aid distribution in Paktia province, Haqqani said that some countries are still trying to create problems for Afghanistan. “The former Soviet government and all its slaves, whether…
report in TOLOnews, Feb 27, 2023The consul of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Pakistan said that many Afghan refugees who are suffering from illnesses are in Karachi prison. The Afghan consul in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said an Afghan refugee named Faiz Mohammad has died from illness in a Karachi prison. He called on Pakistan to release the Afghan refugees. “I told the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan that he (the individual who died) came…
report in Daily Mirror, Dec 20, 2022The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested nine Sri Lankans from the special camp for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees at Tamil Nadu’s (TN) Tiruchirappalli over their alleged involvement in drugs and arms smuggling to revive the LTTE. The agency said that two of the arrested men were in regular touch with a Pakistan-based drug runner, Haji Salim, who often travelled between Dubai, Pakistan and Iran. These men and Salim…
By Saqalain Eqbal in Khaama Press online, Dec 11, 2022A delegation from the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation visited Tehran, the capital of Iran, to participate in quadrilateral talks on the challenges and difficulties faced by Afghan refugees, Iranian media reported. According to Iran’s Mehr News Agency, the refugee and repatriation delegation from Afghanistan reached the Iranian capital to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees in Iran after reports of forced repatriation and ill-treatment surfaced.…