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Imran Khan made lives of Afghan refugees miserable amid false promises of
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): Three years since Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to grant Afghan refugees full citizenship, the commitment remains unfulfilled.
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Activist urges world to support Afghan women as situation deteriorates aft
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 1 (ANI): Amid the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are facing an unfriendly situation in Afghanistan.
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UN agency says 80pc of newly displaced Afghans are women, children
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Almost 80 per cent of newly displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
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Turkey builds border wall to prevent Afghan refugee influx
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] September 25 (ANI): In order to restrain the potential influx of Afghan refugees, Turkey has decided to build a 10 feet high concrete slab.
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Philippines committed to admit more Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], September 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Philippines is set to welcome additional refugees from Afghanistan after the country has already admitted a "substantial number" of Afghan refugees, Foreign Affairs Minister Teodoro Locsin told Sputnik.
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US announces USD 180 million humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The United States has earmarked an additional USD 180 million to aid more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
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Will bring perspective of most impacted by Afghanistan crises to UNGA, say
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): In the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) meet slated for this week, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is set to present a report on a recent field visit in Afghanistan.
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Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): Underfunding has left a "yawning gap" in the UN Refugee Agency's ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.
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Afghanistan's humanitarian situation 'pretty desperate', urgent aid needed
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has said that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is pretty desperate and called for urgent aid to the country, a media report said.
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeals for urgent support for Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 17 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed for "urgent and sustained" support for Afghans inside the country and for refugees who have fled abroad.
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CSTO countries against hosting Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], September 16 (ANI): The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries are against hosting Afghan refugees and foreign military bases on their territories, the press office of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday.
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Pak envoy meets Taliban foreign minister, discusses bilateral cooperation
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 15 (ANI): Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan on Tuesday met the Taliban interim government's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation between both countries.
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