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
On November 1, Pakistan commenced the forcible deportation of 1.73 million undocumented Afghans, leading to yet another humanitarian catastrophe. Seeking refuge is an essential human right, and the humiliation experienced by undocumented Afghan refugees at the hands of Pakistani security personnel, as supported by numerous reports and firsthand witness accounts, constitutes a significant violation of … Read more
Advertisement Ashok Ullah sold all his family’s belongings to be able to afford the journey to Torkham border. The 35-year-old from Jalalabad city in Afghanistan is one of the hundreds of thousands “unauthorized” Afghan refugees who have been asked to leave Pakistan or face mass arrests and deportations. “The police started harassing us recently and … Read more