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 —...
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Taliban’s 2025 Crackdown: Afghan Women Face Escalating Rights Violations
By Kazim Jafari Rawadari’s Afghanistan Human Rights Situation Report 2025, released in March 2026, documents a sharp deterioration in civil and...
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...
Healthcare Collapse in Pakistan’s Balochistan Exposes Decades of Systematic Neglect
By Kadeem Baloch Across the vast, arid stretches of Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, healthcare is not merely a service—it...
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...
Tribal Leaders in Bajaur and Kunar Reach a Community Peace Deal
By Dawood Jabarkhail PESHAWAR / KUNAR — After months of tension along the Durand Line, tribal elders from Pakistan’s Bajaur...
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...
Afghan Women Stitch Survival and Hope Under Taliban Rule
By SS Ahmad When the Taliban barred women from universities in 2022, they didn’t just close classroom doors; they sealed...
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...
