The Global Coalition for the Protection of Education from Attack (GCPEA) has said that authoritarian regimes and non-state armed groups are depriving women and girls of education through intimidation and violence.
Yerkin Tukumov, Kazakhstan’s special envoy to Afghanistan discussed border security, combating drug trafficking and continuing cooperation on the construction of a railway via Turkmenistan in a meeting with Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.
The Trump administration has shifted its immigration approach into a phase that has resulted in sudden detentions, cancelled interviews and halted legal processes for thousands of Afghans in the United States.
A senior Taliban official said Pakistan’s delegation at recent talks in Istanbul asked Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to issue a religious decree, or fatwa, declaring the ongoing conflict in Pakistan unlawful.
Benafsha Yaqoobi, the prosecutor at the People’s Tribunal for Afghan women, said that the Taliban have completely dismantled the rights and support systems for persons with disabilities since returning to power.
Envoys from Iran, Pakistan, Russia and China held talks on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) consultative meeting in Tajikistan, Iranian officials said Friday.
Pakistan has deported several Afghan refugees who were awaiting resettlement in the United States, The Washington Post reported, as Islamabad intensifies its crackdown on undocumented migrants.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
Afghan migrants in Pakistan say their visa extension requests are being rejected without explanation, leaving many in limbo and unable to return home.
