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UN experts urge Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations, warn of rights viola
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to immediately stop the mass deportation and forced return of Afghan nationals, warning of serious rights violations amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. They called on Islamabad to uphold international obligations and protect vulnerabl
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Afghan migrants launch protest over deportation from Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Over 1.7 million undocumented migrants in Pakistan were given until November 1 to depart by the country's temporary administration, less than a month ago. Pakistan issued a warning to migrants, threatening to arrest and deport them if they do not leave the nation.
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230 Afghan migrant families return to Afghanistan from Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A total of 230 Afghan migrant families from Pakistan returned to Afghanistan on Sunday through the Torkham crossing.
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applica
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community to respond positively to their asylum applications.
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Taliban returns to its old ways: Thinktank
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 26 (ANI): Taliban has jailed a popular professor at Kabul University for criticizing the outfit, shot at women opposing restrictions on their rights, and publicly given Afghan males haircuts for the New Year, reported a Canada-based Thinktank, International Forum
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Turkey tightens security at Iran border to stop Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI): Turkey has tightened security its borders with Iran in an attempt to stop the refugees' influx from Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
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