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Karachi police arrest three illegal Afghans

Karachi police on Thursday arrested three Afghan nationals for illegally staying in the city, ARY News reported. The New Town police in an action took...

PM Shehbaz Sharif says granting transit visa will help Afghans

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said the government's new Afghan visa policy is part of our efforts to continue helping our...

COAS reiterates need for coordinated efforts for economic uplift of Afghans

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Staff Bahrain National Guard (BNG), Major General Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Saud Al Khalifa, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS),...

US says it is up to Afghans to defend country as Taliban take more territory

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) said it was up to Afghan security forces to defend the country after Taliban captured a sixth provincial capital...

Hundreds of Afghans flee to Tajikistan as Taliban advances

DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said Wednesday that almost 350 refugees from Afghanistan had crossed into the Central Asian country, fleeing sweeping gains by Taliban fighters as...

Afghans call for ceasefire as huge peace summit wraps up

This week's "loya jirga" saw more than 3,000 religious and tribal leaders, politicians and representatives from across the country

Afghans hope for peace but fear bloodshed as US, Taliban talk

American negotiators and the Taliban said Saturday the two sides had made substantial progress in the most recent round of talks in Qatar, promising to meet again to continue seeking a deal that could pave the way for official peace negotiations.

Three million Afghans in urgent need of food: UN

At least three million Afghans are in "urgent" need of food and could face famine if they do not get help, the United Nations...

January 1 marks mass birthday in Afghanistan

KABUL: January 1 is Samad Alawi´s birthday. It´s also the birthday of his wife, his two sons, 32 of his friends and thousands of...

Afghans who helped US forces may get more visas under defense bill

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee approved 4,000 more visas for Afghans who worked for U.S. forces as interpreters or support staff on...

China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism

BEIJING: China has urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention and management mechanism, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister...

US defence chief reassures Afghans amid questions over Trump’s policies

KABUL: The United States will "remain committed" to Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday, amid questions about what President-elect Donald Trump's...

Conflict displaces record number of Afghans in 2016, says UN

KABUL: The number of people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan this year has surpassed half a million people, the United Nations reported on Wednesday,...

Police arrest two Afghan nationals from Karachi

KARACHI: Police arrested two Afghan nationals in a raid at Karachi's Sohrab Goth area, ARY News reported on Saturday. Police carried out a raid...

More than 350,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan: UN

ISLAMABAD: Over 350,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their war-torn homeland from Pakistan this year, UN data show, with the torrent of people crossing...

Pakistan decides to keep Afghan refugees until March 2017

ISLAMABAD: Government on Friday decided to extend Afghan refugees stay in Pakistan until March 2017 as authorities stepped up efforts to work with the UN and Kabul to relocate camps to Afghanistan.

100,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan: UNHCR

PESHAWAR: More than 100,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan since July, UNHCR officials said Thursday, the highest number since the fall of the Taliban saw a flood of people cross the border in 2002.

Forces arrest 350 illegal Afghans in Quetta

QUETTA: Security forces carried out raids in different parts of Quetta and arrested 350 Afghan nationals illegally staying in the country.

Pakistan will no longer host Afghan refugees, says Fatemi

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi on Friday said Pakistan has hosted three million Afghans for decades but now would no longer host Afghan residents here, ARY News reported.

Ten suspects rounded up in Karachi

KARACHI: Ten suspects were arrested by Police in during raids in different parts of Karachi, ARY News reported on Monday.
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