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...
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Afghanistan’s Crisis Four Years On: The Man-Made Roots of Displacement and the Path Forward
ADN Four years have passed since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, but the country continues...
Afghanistan Four Years On: Repression, Return, and a Deepening Crisis
By SS Ahmad Four years after the Taliban seized power in August 2021, Afghanistan finds itself mired in one of...
Nowhere to Belong: The Aftermath of Deportation for Afghan Returnees
By SS Ahmad As the international gaze shifts elsewhere, tens of thousands of Afghans find themselves pushed back into a...
Afghan Refugees in Iran Caught Between Repression and Return
ADN July 2025: Iran, long regarded as a safe haven for Afghans fleeing war and persecution, is now at the...
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,...
The Forceful Return of Afghan Refugees and the Imperative for Comprehensive Support
By Ilhamuddin Afghan Decades of relentless conflict and war have woven a tragic narrative for the people of Afghanistan. The plight...
