Hazara Culture Day Unites Communities Across Continents
ADN From Vienna to Strasbourg, Gothenburg, and Hamburg, Afghan Hazara communities across Europe marked Hazara Culture Day this May with...
Afghan Diaspora
Afghan Returns from Pakistan Intensify Economic Strain as Families Face Shelter Crisis
Dawood Jabarkhel The forced return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan has entered a new and destabilizing phase, reshaping both the...
Citizenship Rising for Afghans, Yet Vienna Wait Times Drag On
ADN Austria recorded a sharp rise in naturalizations in the first quarter of 2026, with 6,641 people receiving citizenship —...
Pakistan’s Intensifying Crackdown on Afghan Refugees
By Dawood Jabarkhail Peshawar - Pakistan’s latest wave of arrests targeting Afghan refugees reflects a deeper structural shift in the...
Forced Returns Deepen Afghan Refugee Crisis
Dawood Jabarkhail The scale of deportations is staggering, and the scenes along the Durand Line show it clearly. More than...
For Afghans, Recognition Without Representation Is Just Another Kind of Limbo
By Ali Ahmad When FIFA recently announced that Afghan women in the diaspora could finally represent their country on the...
Afghan Refugees in Pakistan: A 45‑Year Bond Now Breaking
ADN Baryalai Miakhel sits cross‑legged on a thin carpet, surrounded by members of the Afghan Refugees United Council in a...
Qandak: A New Digital Marketplace Bringing Afghan Products to Europe
ADN When three young Afghan entrepreneurs launched Qandak, they were not simply creating another online shop. They were building a...
Melbourne Dialogue Captures a Diaspora Searching for Unity
By Kazim Jafari The Afghan diaspora in Australia gathered in Melbourne for a new session of the National Dialogue, an initiative...
Afghan Women in Stuttgart: A Community Finding Strength in Each Other
By Wakeel Attock When Maryam Naderi arrived in Vienna on April 10 to attend the Afghan Cultural Association (AKIS) Women’s...
