US to resume processing asylum claims after haltUS Citizenship and Immigration Services will restart processing some asylum claims. This follows a halt after an asylum seeker shot two Nat...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
Pakistan expels over 80,000 Afghans in push ahead of April 30 deadline, adviser saysPakistan has expelled over 80,000 Afghan nationals since late March as part of its Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan, with a final deadl...
18 Apr, 2025, 05.11 PM IST
Over 860,000 Afghans left Pakistan since September 2023Pakistan's repatriation of Afghan refugees continues, with over 860,000 Afghans leaving since September 2023. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border cro...
13 Apr, 2025, 01.39 PM IST
Pakistan plans to expel 3 million Afghans from the country this yearPakistan is set to expel 3 million Afghan immigrants, focusing on those living illegally. As of April 10, deportations will begin, with spe...
31 Mar, 2025, 03.51 PM IST
Pakistan asks illegal foreigners, Afghan Citizen Card holders to leave by March 31Pakistan's interior ministry has ordered all "illegal foreigners" and Afghan Citizen Card holders to leave the country by March 31, or face...
07 Mar, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for two Americans, Kabul saysAn Afghan prisoner serving a life sentence in the U.S. is freed in exchange for two Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty. The exchan...
21 Jan, 2025, 12.25 PM IST
Afghan Embassy in Delhi announces permanent closure "owing to persistent challenges from Indian govt"The embassy acknowledged that some might interpret the decision to close its operations as an internal conflict involving diplomats who cho...
24 Nov, 2023, 12.29 PM IST
National Geographic's green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' finds a new home in ItalySharbat Gula became Afghanistan's most famous refugee after featuring on NatGeo's 1985 front cover.
26 Nov, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
Focussing on evacuation; lack of clarity on govt formation: India on Afghan situationAddressing a weekly presser, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India has evacuated over 550 people in six separate...
27 Aug, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
IAF to fly in 46 Sikhs, 3 copies of Guru Granth Sahib and 29 Hindu AfghansThree copies of the Guru Granth Sahib will be transported to India when 46 Sikh and 29 Hindu Afghan citizens will be flown in from war-rava...
24 Aug, 2021, 08.20 AM IST
UK says it has evacuated nearly 4,000 people from AfghanistanThough it did not provide further details, it's clear that the majority of those evacuated by British troops are Afghans who have helped Br...
23 Aug, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
France evacuates 570 people from AfghanistanFrench president Emmanuel Macron promised Monday that France would not abandon Afghans who worked for the country and would also seek to pr...
21 Aug, 2021, 06.11 PM IST
We must all ensure Afghanistan cannot ever, ever again be a base for terrorism: US in UNSCThe Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, bringing an end to a two-decade campaign in which the...
16 Aug, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
President Ghani talks with officials regarding security of Kabul citizens"Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, had a telephone conversation with security officials regarding th...
15 Aug, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
We have contingency plans: Government sources on evacuation of Indian staff from embassy in KabulIn the last few days, the Taliban fighters have swept through most parts of Afghanistan, seizing control of around 25 of the 34 provincial ...
15 Aug, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
Citing Taliban violence, America expands Afghan refugee programThe State Department said the move will mean that "many thousands" of Afghans and their immediate families will now have the opportunity to...
02 Aug, 2021, 04.46 PM IST
41,331 Pak, 4,193 Afghan citizens living in India, govt tells LSThe members belonging to minorities of Pakistan and Afghanistan living in India in acquiring Long Term Visa (LTV), an online LTV applicatio...
16 Jul, 2019, 03.24 PM IST