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Turkey Detains 36 Afghan Migrants and One Iranian En Route to Greece

Turkish authorities have detained 36 Afghan migrants and one Iranian migrant, including 17 children, after intercepting an inflatable boat attempting to reach Greece from...

Lebanon Arrests Afghan Man on Suspicion of Attempting Contact With Israel

Lebanese authorities have arrested an Afghan man on suspicion of attempting to establish contact with Israel and share information related to Hezbollah and locations...

More Than 6 Million Afghan Migrants Have Returned Home in Three Years, UN-Habitat Says

More than 6 million Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan over the past three years, and many more continue to return, the United Nations...

Viral Video of Afghan Memorial at Canada Waterfall Prompts Police Investigation

Police in Canada's British Columbia province are investigating after a viral video showed an apparent Afghan memorial spray-painted onto rocks at a protected waterfall...

Two Former Afghan Military Personnel Shot Dead in Pakistan’s Quetta

Two former Afghan military personnel were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, according to police. The shooting took...

US Pauses Visa Appointments Worldwide

The United States has temporarily paused or rescheduled immigrant visa interview appointments at embassies and consulates worldwide as the State Department conducts a global...

Afghan Man Charged With Rape of 17-Year-Old Girl in UK

A 24-year-old Afghan man has been charged with the alleged rape and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in Manchester, police in northwest England...

Germany Deports 30 Afghans to Kabul in Latest Charter Flight

Germany deported 30 Afghan nationals to Kabul on Tuesday aboard a charter flight from Leipzig, continuing its policy of returning Afghan citizens despite ongoing...

US Plans to Revoke Up to 200,000 Visas From Asylum Seekers

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of as many as 200,000 foreign nationals who have applied for or...

U.S. Sailor Says Father Detained by Immigration Authorities While He Served Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

The father of a U.S. sailor serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln has been taken into federal immigration detention, according to the sailor, who...

US Congressman Seth Moulton Says He Is Working With Veterans to Evacuate Afghan Allies

Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton says he is continuing to work with U.S. military veterans to help evacuate Afghans who supported the United States during...

UK Afghan-Born Teacher Keeps Job After Offering to Find Girl a “Perfect Boyfriend”

An Afghan-born maths teacher in Britain has been allowed to remain in the profession after an employment tribunal found that his communication with a...

Personal Data of Afghan Allies to Britain Leaked for 50th Time in Five Years

Personal information belonging to Afghan nationals who worked with British forces has been exposed in the latest data breach involving people awaiting relocation to...

AfghanEvac Says US Court Ruling Does Not Reopen Entry for Afghan Applicants

AfghanEvac, a leading advocacy organization for Afghan refugees and US wartime allies, has warned that a federal court ruling overturning the Trump administration's immigrant...

Aisha Wahab’s US Congress Victory Highlights Afghan Women’s Potential, Karzai Says

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has congratulated Aisha Wahab on becoming the first Afghan American elected to the US Congress, describing her historic victory...

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