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Pakistan vows safe repatriation of Afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt General (retired) Nasser Janjua has reaffirmed that Islamabad is committed to the policy of ensuring the dignified and safe return of Afghan refugees to their homeland.
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New Pak envoy to US offers five-point formula for Afghan peace
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 3 (ANI):Pakistan's newly-appointed ambassador to the United States, Aizaz Chaudhary, has offered a five-point formula for restoring peace in Afghanistan that includes no military solution, better relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, better border managemen
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HRW accuses Pakistan of mass forced returns of afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 13 (ANI): New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday that Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans since July 2016.
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IOM to launch displacement tracking system in Afghanistan as humanitarian
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 28 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new displacement tracking system in Afghanistan to better understand population movements and needs amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds o
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U.S. to provide USD 39 million assistance for refugees returning to Afghan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Nov. 24 (ANI): The United States has announced to provide over USD 39 million to meet the extraordinary needs of Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan. This brings the total U.S. contribution to the Afghan humanitarian response to more than $207 million si
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Germany to deport 12,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 18 (ANI): Germany will reportedly repatriate more than 12,500 Afghan refugees as the officials state that the security situation in Afghanistan is safe enough for their return.
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900,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan and Iran
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 15 (ANI): About 900,000 Afghan refugees have returned this year from Pakistan and Iran surpassing all previous years, said Afghanistan's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) on Tuesday.
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Human Rights Watch asks Pak to cease driving Afghan refugees away
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 15 (ANI): Maintaining that Pakistan should extend legal residency status to Afghan refugees till the end of December next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on its authorities to cease "coercive measures and other abuses" that are driving t
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Registered Afghan refugees can now stay in Pakistan till March 2017, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's federal cabinet has granted an extension of stay to registered Afghan refugees in the country by a further three months.
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8,000 Afghan refugees to be repatriated from Pak every day after Eid
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): About 2,40,000 Afghan refugees will be repatriated every month after Eid-ul Azha, said Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Dr Imran Zaib on Friday.
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10, 000 Afghan refugees return from Pak in four days amid increasing press
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, July 28 (ANI): The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) has said that the number of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan is on the rise, adding that 10,000 have returned home in just four days and a total of 2,00,000 refugees have returned in the past six months.
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