ISLAMABAD (PAN): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has been directed to ensure an end to the harassment of Afghan refugees with valid residency documents, Pakistan’s federal authorities said on Thu
ASADABAD (PAN): Nearly 5,000 returnees living in a camp eastern Kunar province have no access to potable water, residents and officials said on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): Some 440 vulnerable families threatened by Afghanistan’s harsh winter were distributed emergency assistance at the Kabul Women’s Garden, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Dr. Jamahir Anwari on Wednesday called the absence of shelters a major problem for the Afghans returning to the country.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said the number of returnees to northern provinces from Pakistan and Iran had doubled in 2012.
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Up to 1,500 deserving families received winter assistance from two UN agencies in the southern province of Ghazni, officials said on Friday.
ISLAMABAD (PAN): Pakistan on Wednesday allowed Afghan refugees to live legally in the country for another six months, extending a tripartite agreement that was due to expire at the end of the current month.
BAMYAN CITY (PAN): The Minister of Refugees and Repatriation on Wednesday announced the establishment of 48 towns for Afghan refugees returning home from neighbouring countries in the next three years.
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): The Afghan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) has started distributing residential plots to 1,350 flood-hit victims and vulnerable families in the northern province of Takhar.
