Afghans

Karachi police arrest three illegal Afghans

Karachi police on Thursday arrested three Afghan nationals for illegally staying in the city, ARY… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Hundreds of Afghans flee to Tajikistan as Taliban advances

DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said Wednesday that almost 350 refugees from Afghanistan had crossed into the Central… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Three million Afghans in urgent need of food: UN

At least three million Afghans are in "urgent" need of food and could face famine… Read More

January 1 marks mass birthday in Afghanistan

KABUL: January 1 is Samad Alawi´s birthday. It´s also the birthday of his wife, his… Read More

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… Read More

China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism

BEIJING: China has urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Police arrest two Afghan nationals from Karachi

KARACHI: Police arrested two Afghan nationals in a raid at Karachi's Sohrab Goth area, ARY… Read More

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,… Read More

Pakistan decides to keep Afghan refugees until March 2017

ISLAMABAD: Government on Friday decided to extend Afghan refugees stay in Pakistan until March 2017… Read More

100,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan: UNHCR

PESHAWAR: More than 100,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan since July, UNHCR officials… Read More

Forces arrest 350 illegal Afghans in Quetta

QUETTA: Security forces carried out raids in different parts of Quetta and arrested 350 Afghan… Read More

Pakistan will no longer host Afghan refugees, says Fatemi

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi on Friday… Read More

Ten suspects rounded up in Karachi

KARACHI: Ten suspects were arrested by Police in during raids in different parts of Karachi,… Read More