By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Karachi, Pakistan In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Fitr — not ...

THE latest clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces are yet another sign of the deepening rift between the two neighbours. Just three years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul ...

In the context of Afghanistan, the ongoing situation has resulted in a large number of Afghan refugees fleeing their homeland in search of safety and stability. Over the years, political ...

Pakistan has ramped up pressure on Afghan refugees to leave the country, despite serious risks of persecution and economic hardship under Taliban rule, according to a leading human rights ...

These workers would have been the main point of contact for those recently arrived refugees—75 percent of whom were Afghan. The administration’s actions have been devastating for the recently ...

These Afghan allies, as well as their families, face persecution, arrest, or even murder from the Taliban regime. To many, fleeing the country is their only chance – but new U.S. policies have ...

Pakistan has turned down a request by the Afghan Taliban to grant an extension in the stay of Afghan refugees. Kabul has been conveyed in clear terms that Islamabad will stick to its plan for ...

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to discuss national security and the ongoing repatriation of Afghan nationals. According to a statement issued by ...

But with recent funding cuts under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, she worries other Afghan women like her won't have the same chance to get a formal education. She says having ...

Jeanne Shaheen, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's ranking Democrat, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday urging him to accelerate the immigration process for Afghan Special ...

The Taliban has imposed draconian restrictions on women, including banning them from universities More than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman on US-funded scholarships - terminated last month due ...

“The terrorists have safe havens in Afghanistan, and Pakistan has repeatedly urged the Afghan interim government to prevent groups like the BLA from using its soil for terrorism,” he sai ...