Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: Afghan nationals with their belongings travel on vehicles as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan gave a final warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed/File photo
South Asia

Pakistan's top court begins hearing challenge to expulsion of Afghans

More than 370,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan since 1 Oct, after Pakistan vowed to expel more than a million undocumented refugees, mostly Afghans, amid a row with Kabul over charges that it...

Afghan boys wave an Afghanistan flag as they board a truck while heading back with their family to Afghanistan from Pakistan, at the Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed/File Photo
South Asia

Taliban minister raises issue of refugee assets during Pakistan visit

An Afghan man walks past a damaged house after the recent earthquake in Wor Kali village in the Barmal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
World+Biz

Russia sends 40 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan: Russian Foreign Ministry

Saleh Zada, 32, a singer and songwriter, who was born in Badakhshan province and later moved to Kabul for his education, plays a music composition on his mobile harmonium app during an interview with Reuters, in Karachi, Pakistan November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Keeping lights off: Undocumented Afghans go underground in Pakistan

An Afghan man walks through a poppy field in the Gereshk district of Helmand province, Afghanistan April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Abdul Malik/File Photo
South Asia

Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban

Afghan citizens gather to get their registrations to cross into Afghanistan, after Pakistan gives the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai
South Asia

Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing overwhelmed as Afghans face expulsion

Children from an Afghan family look outside from a torn tent as they along with their family are returning home, after Pakistan gives the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centres in Azakhel town in Nowshera, Pakistan November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
South Asia

Factbox-Why is Pakistan deporting over a million undocumented Afghan immigrants?

Afghan citizens wait with their belongings to cross into Afghanistan, after Pakistan gives the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai
South Asia

As deadline to leave Pakistan expires, official says over 100,000 Afghans gone home

FILE PHOTO: Trucks loaded with belongings are seen as Afghan refugees are returning home, after Pakistan gives the last warning to undocumented immigrants to leave, outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centres in Azakhel town in Nowshera, Pakistan October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz/File photo
South Asia

Pakistan to start expelling undocumented immigrants on Thursday - Minister

Afghan people gather to board buses as they prepare to return home, after Pakistan gave last warning to undocumented migrants to leave, at a bus stop in Karachi, Pakistan October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million

Muhammad Rahim, 35, a driver and father of two, who was born in Karachi in an Afghan family, sits with his family in a pickup van as they prepare to return home, after Pakistan gave last warning to undocumented migrants to leave, at a bus stop in Karachi, Pakistan October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million

Afghan women who are living in Pakistan wait to get registered during a proof of registration drive at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Peshawar, Pakistan September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz/File Photo
South Asia

US encourages Afghanistan's neighbors, including Pakistan, to accept refugees

People search for survivors amid the debris of a house that was destroyed by an earthquake in the district of Zinda Jan, in Herat, Afghanistan October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara
South Asia

WFP calls for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan