Mohammad Shah Amiri, an Ismaili resident of Badakhshan province, was returning home from work on the evening of January 1 when he was ambushed in an alley by an armed man who opened fire from behind a garden hedge at a distance of two to three metres.
Afghan nationals filed the highest number of asylum applications in France in 2025, with 13,800 claims, and had one of the highest approval rates among major nationalities, according to figures from France’s refugee agency.
The number of women prisoners in Afghanistan has risen by 435 percent to 1,825, with women now held in 34 prisons, according to figures released by the Taliban’s Interior Ministry.
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticised the invitation of Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, comparing it to inviting Adolf Hitler to an international event.
Taliban publicly flogged two people, including a woman, in Parwan province after convicting them of what the group described as an “extramarital relationship,” according to a court ruling.
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.
