ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan says more than 750,000 Afghan nationals returned to their home country in the past one year, after Islamabad launched a repatriation drive last November. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told a weekly press briefing in Islamabad that the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan continues to ensure a ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s interior minister has rejected reports about the construction of a wall on the border with Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Cabinet meeting in Tehran, Ahmad Vahidi said there is no plan to build a wall but to barricade the border. “There is no plan to build […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Struggling with a broken economy, the interim Taliban administration in Kabul is seeking international aid to manage the Afghan refugee influx from neighboring Pakistan. “We call on the international community (including) Muslim countries to help,” Taliban’s nominee to the UN, Suhail Shaheen, told reporters, pointing to the rus...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Afghanistan has urged Pakistan to allow people from both countries to “move freely” across a key border crossing in order to play a positive role in both countries’ economic momentum. Pakistan, which began a nationwide crackdown on undocumented Afghan refugees last week after a one-month deadline pass...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Afghanistan’s interim Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund met with top officials in Iran during an official visit, his office said on Monday. Baradar, responsible for the war-torn nation’s economic affairs, met Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as well as Ali Akbar Ahmadian, chairman of Iran&...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN on Tuesday opposed a deadline set by Pakistan to evict over 1 million “illegal immigrants,” saying “the return must be voluntary and without any pressure.” “Any refugee return must be voluntary and without any pressure to ensure protection for those seeking safety,” Qaisar Kha...
