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...
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From Shiraz Back to Kunduz: The Endless Cycle of Afghan Displacement
By SS Ahmad Kunduz: When 54-year-old Askar Khan talks about his life, it is not one of settled years but of...
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...
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...
