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US launches sponsor circle program for relocated Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): The United States is launching a new program for Afghans who have been evacuated to the country under Operation Allies Welcome, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday.
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US immigration service flooded with 20,000 Afghan humanitarian requests si
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Following the existential crisis after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Congressman Jim Langevin, in a House Homeland Security Committee meeting, called on US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to address the shortcoming "immediately" risen d
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US administration wants to resettle over 55,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): The Biden administration wants to permanently resettle 55,600 Afghan evacuees from the military bases of the US to permanent houses, reported local media.
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Afghans throng Torkham border crossing to enter Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], October 23 (ANI): A number of Afghans gathered at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday after reports emerged about the resumption of pedestrian movement.
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Thousands of Afghans receive assistance within week: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from October 11-17 across Afghanistan, a United Nations agency confirmed on Friday.
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US refuses to release frozen assets of Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): The US has rejected to release the frozen assets of Afghanistan but assured that it is committed to providing Afghans with humanitarian aids and reiterated that the Taliban must facilitate the distribution process.
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People facing great challenges in Afghanistan: Zalmay Khalilzad
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 20 (ANI): Afghans are facing great challenges in the war-torn country, said Zalmay Khalilzad, a day after he had stepped down from his position of US Representative to Afghanistan.
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UNHCR calls on nations to expedite family reunification procedures for Afg
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 16 (ANI): Amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced across the region.
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Taliban isolated, silenced female population in Afghanistan and left them
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): With the Taliban back at the helm in Afghanistan and the country's humanitarian and economic crises deepening, many Afghans are living in fear, especially women and minority groups. Despite the group's claim to be more moderate, reports of violence by Taliban f
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PM Modi at G20 expected to highlight India's willingness and commitment to
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the extraordinary meet on Afghanistan called by Italy, chair of G20.
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Thousands of Afghans received humanitarian assistance: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 9 (ANI): Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from September 27 to October 3 across Afghanistan, a United Nations agency said on Saturday.
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Afghan crisis: Civil society calls for an end to conflict
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Panjshir [Afghanistan], October 9 (ANI): Civil society representatives at a series of UN-backed radio programmes in Central Afghanistan called on the parties to stop fighting and return to the negotiating table.
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