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Why has Iran expelled half a million Afghans in 15 days?
Firstpost
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July 11, 2025
Iran has expelled over half a million Afghans since the war with Israel ended. The United Nations and other international organisations have called the development one of the biggest forced movement of population in decades. Millions from...
Why over 500,000 Afghans were forced out of Iran in just 16 days and what’s next?
The Indian Express
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July 11, 2025
The dusty border town of Islam Qala in western Afghanistan has become a holding pen for the displaced, families huddled under tarpaulins, children too young to understand why their lives have been upended, and elderly men with sunburnt faces...
Time to transform Afghan-Kazakh interaction into sustainable cooperation
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 11, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart in Kabul on Friday said the time had come to transform the existing positive interaction between the two countries into sustainable and...
Lindsey Graham’s warmongering drives America toward global isolation and decline
Weekly Blitz
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July 18, 2025
In the ever-polarized realm of American politics, few figures have maintained such enduring notoriety across party lines as Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. To some, he’s a national security stalwart; to others, he’s a warmongering relic...
State Department reductions prompt concerns for Afghan refugee aid
KRTV - Montana
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July 11, 2025
The State Department is set to dismiss more than 1,300 employees as part of the Trump administration’s initiative to downsize the federal government, according to recent reports. This move is anticipated to impact a range of programs, including...
Afghan girl, 6, reportedly sold for marriage to 45-year-old man with 2 wives
Winnipeg Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links World A six-year-old girl, who is blurred out in this picture, in Afghanistan was allegedly sold by her father to a 45-year-old man who she was forced to marry. Photo by Amu.tv Article content A six-year-old girl in...
Authorized refugees won’t be deported: interior minister
Tehran Times
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July 18, 2025
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has said the country is not planning to deport documented and authorized refugees. “We are only deporting the two million Afghans who are illegally residing in Iran,” he said. Iran is not an...
What Russia’s Embrace of the Taliban Means for Afghan Women and the World
The Diplomat
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July 10, 2025
In 1979, Russia, as the Soviet Union, invaded Afghanistan, unleashing a decade of violence with lasting repercussions, including the mass displacement of millions of Afghans. Arguably, the creation of the Taliban in 1994 is rooted in the aftermath...
Iran criticised for harsh mass deportations of Afghans
5Pillars
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July 11, 2025
Iran has faced criticism for the “undignified” large-scale expulsions of hundreds of thousands of Afghans during the height of summer, in a policy that has accelerated since the 12-day war with Israel. More than half a million Afghans have been...
Afghanistan and Pakistan hold first round of political consultations in Islamabad
Ariana News
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July 7, 2025
Former U.S. special envoy for Afghan peace talks, Zalmay Khalilzad, has issued a stark warning about China’s accelerating efforts to dominate Central Asia’s vast mineral wealth. He urged Washington—specifically the Trump administration—to act...
Afghan refugees in Pakistan urge US to resume refugee resettlement programme amid delays
Nashville Herald - Tennessee
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan have appealed to the United States to immediately resume the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), stating that ongoing delays have left them stranded and increasingly...
Our closest Afghan allies are in limbo
Washington Examiner
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July 11, 2025
Nearly four years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, America’s Afghan allies remain in limbo due to a combination of bureaucratic dawdling under the Biden administration and rapid-fire changes in policy under President Donald Trump.Among...
Asia Cup in further doubt as BCCI boycotts ACC meeting in Bangladesh, asks for change in venue: Report
Firstpost
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July 19, 2025
The decision of the Asian Cricket Council to hold its next meeting in Bangladesh has enraged BCCI, who are reportedly ready to boycott the event with support of major cricket boards from Sri Lanka, Oman and Afganistan. read more The 2025 Asia Cup...
Over 5,000 Afghan refugee families return home in single day
Xinhua News Agency
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KABUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 5,000 Afghan refugee families, with the vast majority of them from Iran, returned to their homeland Afghanistan in a single day on Thursday, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Friday. A total of...
Viral promo invites Americans to vacation in Afghanistan
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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The video features a blend of dark comedy, views of the Afghan countryside, and military visuals A bizarre promotional video targeting American tourists and inviting them to travel to Afghanistan has been released by a local tour operator. The...
Afghanistan’s Reckoning is Overdue
Daily Pakistan
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July 7, 2025
International community watches in feigned horror as Iran and Pakistan take decisive action against Afghan nationals within their borders. Forget the political spin. Let’s talk about a simple, hard truth. Iran and Pakistan have paid a heavy price...
Punjab Child Protection Bureau reunites Afghan children with families
The Express Tribune
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July 11, 2025
In a significant humanitarian development, the Family Tracing team of the Punjab Child Protection Bureau has successfully located the families of two Afghan children who had crossed into Pakistan illegally after fleeing their homes in Afghanistan....
German-Afghan officials meet over plan to deport Afghans
The Local - Germany
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July 11, 2025
A former head of German foreign intelligence said Thursday he met with former Afghan president Hamid Karzai to discuss Berlin's aim to deport Afghans to their Taliban-controlled homeland. Germany's interior minister said last week he would seek...
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan Zero In On Deepening Economic And Regional Partnerships
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 11 . Baxtiyor Saidov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, held a meeting with Abdul Ghafar Terawi, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Uzbekistan, Trend reports. “We addressed pressing...
10 names of fallen soldiers killed while serving country added to cenotaph
Lancashire Telegraph
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The additions were made following an appeal to residents. Some people had been missed from the initial inscription on the cenotaph outside the library in Nelson town centre. Pendle Borough Council and Pendle’s Armed Forces Support Group wanted to...