Afghan Refugees Under Siege in Pakistan
By Shinwari Forced returns push families into uncertainty, with women and children bearing the brunt of the humanitarian fallout. Pakistan...
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Growing Up in Exile: One Girl’s Journey Through War, Refuge, and Belonging
By Mehmood Jan Babar, Peshawar I was eight or nine years old when I first saw her: a tiny Afghan...
“I am only surviving,” Afghan Women Struggle to Survive Pakistan’s Deportations
ADN When Niki (a pseudonym used to protect her identity) crossed into Pakistan in late 2021, she believed she had...
Deported Afghans Struggle to Survive at Home
By Ali Ahmad In recent months, despite a deepening humanitarian crisis, Iran and Pakistan have forcibly returned millions of Afghans...
Weaponizing Refugees: Pakistan’s Coercive Diplomacy Through Afghan Deportations
By Fatima Chaudhary When Pakistan launched its Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan in late 2023, it claimed the move was about...
Nowhere to Turn: The Grim Ordeal of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
By Shinwari Over the past months, the lives of Afghan refugees in Pakistan have been plunged into chaos, fear, and...
Pakistan’s Callous Disregard for Afghan Refugees
By Shinwari When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Islamabad hoped this would help Pakistan secure its western...
Pakistan’s Deportation Campaign: The Harrowing Plight of Returning Afghan Refugees
By Nazila Jamshidi On October 3, the Pakistani government declared its intention to conduct large-scale deportations of undocumented migrants, primarily...
Political and Economic Considerations Outweigh Inhumane Deportation of Afghans
By Kadeem Baloch The deepest cut for the Afghans being evicted after long years of living as refugees registered or otherwise,...
Pashtun Protests Over Pakistan’s Afghan Refugees’ Eviction Go Global
By Shinwari Protests by Pashtuns irrespective of nationality against unilateral and forced eviction of Afghan refugees have gone global even as...
