Afghans

NADRA assistant director arrested for issuing Pakistani ID to Afghans

KARACHI: The assistant director of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has been arrested… Read More

Over 200,000 illegal Afghan nationals have returned home

KARACHI: Repatriation of illegal foreign nationals including Afghans to their homeland continues amidst the crackdown… Read More

203,639 illegal Afghans return home: officials

Around 203,639 Afghan nationals illegally staying in Pakistan, have returned to home till now, Commissionerate… Read More

Taliban seeks more time for Afghans to leave Pakistan

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban government on Wednesday urged Pakistan to give undocumented Afghans in the country… Read More

Committee formed to probe issuance of 12,000 fake Pakistani passports

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Monday constituted a five-member committee to investigate the matter… Read More

Karachi police arrest three illegal Afghans

Karachi police on Thursday arrested three Afghan nationals for illegally staying in the city, ARY… Read More

PM Shehbaz Sharif says granting transit visa will help Afghans

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said the government's new Afghan visa policy… Read More

COAS reiterates need for coordinated efforts for economic uplift of Afghans

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Staff Bahrain National Guard (BNG), Major General Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Saud… Read More

US says it is up to Afghans to defend country as Taliban take more territory

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) said it was up to Afghan security forces to defend… Read More

Hundreds of Afghans flee to Tajikistan as Taliban advances

DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said Wednesday that almost 350 refugees from Afghanistan had crossed into the Central… Read More

Afghans call for ceasefire as huge peace summit wraps up

This week's "loya jirga" saw more than 3,000 religious and tribal leaders, politicians and representatives… Read More

Afghans hope for peace but fear bloodshed as US, Taliban talk

American negotiators and the Taliban said Saturday the two sides had made substantial progress in… Read More

Three million Afghans in urgent need of food: UN

At least three million Afghans are in "urgent" need of food and could face famine… Read More

January 1 marks mass birthday in Afghanistan

KABUL: January 1 is Samad Alawi´s birthday. It´s also the birthday of his wife, his… Read More

Afghans who helped US forces may get more visas under defense bill

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee approved 4,000 more visas for Afghans who worked… Read More

China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism

BEIJING: China has urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention… Read More

US defence chief reassures Afghans amid questions over Trump’s policies

KABUL: The United States will "remain committed" to Afghanistan, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said… Read More

Conflict displaces record number of Afghans in 2016, says UN

KABUL: The number of people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan this year has surpassed half… Read More

Police arrest two Afghan nationals from Karachi

KARACHI: Police arrested two Afghan nationals in a raid at Karachi's Sohrab Goth area, ARY… Read More

More than 350,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan: UN

ISLAMABAD: Over 350,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their war-torn homeland from Pakistan this year,… Read More