A Debt of Honor: Why Chitral Must Stand With Afghan Refugees

A Debt of Honor: Why Chitral Must Stand With Afghan Refugees

Not all Afghan refugees are bad. In fact, many are family. Some are the sons-in-law of Pakistan. Others were born...
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As the Afghan repatriation deadline nears

As the Afghan repatriation deadline nears

Another humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Pakistan. A massive witch-hunt is currently underway, resulting in a negative public perception of...
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KP Govt Submits Records of Afghan Students to the Center

KP Govt Submits Records of Afghan Students to the Center

By Shahana Naseer More than 500 Afghan students are studying in government and non-government universities, while over 300,000 are enrolled...
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US Drops Afghanistan From Terror Threat List Despite ISIS, Al-Qaeda Presence

US Drops Afghanistan From Terror Threat List Despite ISIS, Al-Qaeda Presence

The US National Intelligence Agency has excluded Afghanistan from its latest annual report on terrorist threats to national security, released...
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Interior Ministry Seeks Afghan Students’ Records as Deportation Deadline Approaches

Interior Ministry Seeks Afghan Students’ Records as Deportation Deadline Approaches

By Shahana Naseer The Federal Ministry of Interior has requested the records of Afghan students studying in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). ...
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Pakistan Satisfied With Talks With Taliban, Says Special Envoy Sadiq Khan

Pakistan Satisfied With Talks With Taliban, Says Special Envoy Sadiq Khan

Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq Khan, says Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar expressed satisfaction with his recent discussions in...
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Women-Run Online Businesses Increase in Herat

Women-Run Online Businesses Increase in Herat

The Herat Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industries said that online businesses run by women in the province have increased,...
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Torkham crossing to reopen after 25-day shutdown

Torkham crossing to reopen after 25-day shutdown

The Torkham crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan will resume trade operations on Wednesday after being shut for 25 days, Pakistan...
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China, India, Iran, and Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s Border Policies Affect Human Trafficking

China, India, Iran, and Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s Border Policies Affect Human Trafficking

Pakistan’s border with China stands in stark contrast to its heavily guarded frontiers with India, Iran, and Afghanistan. No military...
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Iran deports over 300 Afghan refugees daily from Khorasan Razvi

Iran deports over 300 Afghan refugees daily from Khorasan Razvi

Iran is deporting over 300 Afghan migrants daily from Khorasan Razavi, as the government intensifies efforts to manage undocumented migration....
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Eminent Pak-Afghan Ulema Voice Support for Girls Education in Afghanistan

The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan meant that the nature of relevant stakeholders in the region had changed, and…

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AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNHAPPY WITH PAKISTAN

In this interview with Matrix Media, veteran economist Haroon Sharif sheds light on what lies behind the Afghans’ (especially the…

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Girls’ Education: The Major Unfulfilled Commitment

Depriving Afghan girls of education was one of the Taliban regime’s systematic and devastating abuses against women, which has been…

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Pursuing Doha Agreement Must for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan

Islamabad, Sept. 21, 2022: The need for Taliban’s compliance with Doha Agreement – as a mitigation against denial of their international…

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Global sanctions – a chilling effect on Afghan infrastructure

Afghanistan has a deteriorating economy along with a hotchpotch of multifaceted perils. Food is available in Kabul marketplaces, but few…

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