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Taliban in talks with Pakistan over release of 300 detained Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): The Taliban is in talks with Pakistan to free 300 Afghans detained for not having legal documents.
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Xi's campaigns aim to establish his authority, drive Chinese elite class t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 10 (ANI): Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched a series of campaigns nominally about fighting corruption but aimed at eliminating political opponents and establishing his political prestige, resulting in the emigration of the Chi
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Rights group accuses Iran, Turkey of illegal Afghan migrant pushback
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 31 (ANI): Iranian and Turkish security forces have pushed back Afghans who attempted to cross their borders by opening fire on them including women and children, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
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Charter flight carrying 324 Afghan refugees arrives in Canada's Winnipeg
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): As part of the evacuation of Afghan refugees, a plane carrying 324 people from Pakistan landed in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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Afghanistan: UN agency alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and put
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Afghan refugees living in limbo protest against slow resettlement process
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Numerous Afghan refugees who have been awaiting resettlement in the US or other countries, have protested against the stagnant resettlement process, living in prison-like conditions at a facility in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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98 Afghan Nationals granted refugee status by Japan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): 98 Afghan Nationals who fled to Japan due to the Taliban's rising atrocities in Afghanistan have been granted refugee status on Tuesday by Japan.
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8 Sri Lankan refugees including children came to Dhanushkodi, probe underw
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Eight Sri Lankan people including three males, two females, two male children and a female child came to Dhanushkodi as refugees today early morning at 2 am, police said.
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DCW initiates study on the condition of Hindu refugees in Majnu ka Tila
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Taking up the issue of plight of Hindu women and child refugees from Pakistan, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has launched a study. Issuing a press statement DCW informed that the study will be done on the living condition of the refugees who have be
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Rohingyas are not refugees but infiltrators: VHP on govt decision to shift
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): A day after the central government announced its decision to shift Rohingya refugees to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) flats in New Delhi, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Wednesday condemned the move and said that the Rohingyas are not refugees but infi
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Hardeep Singh Puri hails govt's decision to shift Rohingya refugees to EWS
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday lauded the government's decision to shift Rohingya refugees to Economic Weaker Section (EWS) flats in New Delhi.
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UN rights chief discusses Rohingya issue with civil society members in Ban
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 17 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet met with a host of officials, civil society representatives and Rohingya refugees on Tuesday.
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