When the United States and other NATO nations left Afghanistan as the Taliban seized control in August 2021, hundreds of thousands of Afghans sought refuge in Pakistan. Almost three years later, many still remain, trapped in resettlement limbo – including roughly 20,000 Afghans awaiting promised visas to the United States. Now, these Afghans face the … Read more
The unrelenting season of forced homecoming continues for Afghans who had sought refuge in neighboring countries in the past. Thousands of Afghan refugees have been forcefully relocated from countries like Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Tajikistan, back into Afghanistan. In a country where the current set of rulers has had little to offer other than regressive … Read more
During the 1990-1991 Gulf War, Japan famously did not get directly involved on the ground. Constrained by its pacifist constitution, the country opted instead to engage in economic sanctions against Iraq while contributing close to $16 billion to the war and reconstruction effort. Despite being one of the largest financial contributors, Japan received little international … Read more
“Every refugee is a symptom of our collective failure to ensure peace and security,” Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, wrote recently in the Guardian. This often-overlooked fact underpins the plight of 114 million people who have been displaced across the world. Of this total, there are 36.4 million refugees scattered worldwide. Although … Read more
Advertisement In the Chinese city of Nyingchi in Tibet, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi on October 5. They were both attending the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation hosted by China. Bilateral relations and trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan were supposed to be the core of the … Read more
Local residents and Afghan nationals chant slogan during a protest rally in the southwestern border town of Chaman, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Jafar Khan Advertisement Pakistan is setting up deportation centers for migrants in the country illegally, including an estimated 1.7 million Afghans, officials said Thursday. Anyone found staying in the country … Read more
An Afghan refugee family return to Afghanistan through Pakistan’s border crossing, Torkham, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File Advertisement Pakistan has ordered millions of illegal immigrants living in the country to leave by October 30. The decision has raised concerns about the fate of around 1.7 million undocumented … Read more
Advertisement When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Shukria Sediqi knew her days in safety were numbered. As a journalist who advocated for women’s rights, she’d visited shelters and safe houses to talk to women who had fled abusive husbands. She went with them to court when they asked for a divorce. According to the … Read more
Advertisement If the formal request of the United States government is granted, at least 50,000 Afghans fleeing from Taliban rule will soon arrive in the Philippines, where they are expected to stay for at least two months while awaiting their special immigrant visas. Most of the refugees are former employees of the U.S. government in … Read more