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Days after quite detention, Taliban free foreigners working for UN
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): Days after their quiet detention, the Taliban freed two western citizens and their two Afghan colleagues on Friday who had been working for the UN after the world body had announced that they had been held by the Taliban for several days in Afghanistan, re
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Turkey detains 197 illegal immigrants
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkish security forces detained Friday 197 illegal immigrants and 10 suspected human smugglers in Turkey's western province of Izmir, state-run TRT broadcaster reported.
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Afghan evacuee arrested in sexual assault investigation in Wisconsin, US
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): Matiullah Matie, a former counsellor of Afghanistan Senate, has been arrested for sexual assault of a refugee's organization employee in Wisconsin state, media reports said.
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Nearly 100 Afghan refugees shot dead by Iranian security forces during pas
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 8 (ANI): Nearly 100 Afghan refugees who wanted to enter Iran illegally have been shot dead by Iranian security forces, and their bodies transferred to Afghanistan within six months since the Taliban took over, according to local officials.
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Three U19 World Cup players seeking refuge in UK: Afghanistan Cricket Boar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 8 (ANI): Three staff members of the Afghanistan Cricket Board who were part of the Under 19 World Cup touring party did not return to Afghanistan with the team members and stayed in the United Kingdom and are seeking refuge in the country.
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New Delhi: Amid cold wave, homeless people take refuge in night shelter at
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): As a cold wave gripped the national capital, homeless people took refuge at a night shelter in the Lodhi Road area in New Delhi.
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Norwegian official calls for girls' access to education in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], January 27 (ANI): Norwegian participant at the intra-Afghan dialogue has emphasized girls' access to education in Afghanistan.
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23 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute hunger, says Norwegian R
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 27 (ANI): The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Thursday said that 23 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute hunger and called for the removal of economic bottlenecks that prevent the circulation of money into and within Afghanistan.
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Afghan refugee convicted of sexually abusing child at US marine base
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): An Afghan man has been convicted for sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl after both were evacuated following the Taliban's take over of Kabul, US Justice Department informed on Monday.
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Rights group condemns killing of Baloch political refugee Razzaq Mandai in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 23 (ANI): The International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (IVBMP), a collective representing family members of Balochistan's forcibly disappeared, has strongly condemned the killing of Razzaq Mandai, a Baloch political refugee, in Afghanistan.
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IOM deploys teams to support Rohingya refugees affected by camp fire in Ba
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has deployed several teams within Rohingya camp-16 in Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh to provide assistance to refugees affected by a second devastating fire in one week, as per media reports.
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Bangladesh: 1,200 Rohingya refugees' homes gutted in a massive fire
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 10 (ANI): Around 1,200 Rohingya refugees' homes were destroyed in a massive fire in the Kata area of Camp-16 refugee camp in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on Sunday.
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