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‘Come home only to be exiled again’: Deported Afghans return as outsiders in their own country
Ghulam Ali begins his days in pain, his muscles aching from hauling grain on a rickety cart through the streets of Kabul, homesick for the country he called home for nearly four decades. Ali is among more than 1.2 million Afghans deported from...

Russia to Continue Assisting Afghanistan in Strengthening Regional Security
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250703/russia-to-continue-assisting-afghanistan-in-strengthening-regional-security--1122393144.html Russia to Continue Assisting Afghanistan in Strengthening Regional Security Russia to Continue Assisting Afghanistan in...
Letter to FIFA Re. Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies on the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup
July 1, 2025 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Gianni Infantino President Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA-Strasse 20, P.O. Box 8044 Zurich, Switzerland Re: Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies on the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026...

Is India moving closer to Afghan Taliban govt?
India’s growing engagement with the Taliban signals a dramatic shift in regional diplomacy aimed at countering China and Pakistan’s expanding influence. As old rivalries transform and strategic compulsions emerge, New Delhi’s outreach to Kabul...

Afghan refugees stuck in Pakistan as Germany halts entry programme
BERLIN/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -In a cramped guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, 25-year-old Kimia spends her days sketching women — dancing, playing, resisting —in a notebook that holds what's left of her hopes. A visual artist and women's rights...

‘Afghanistan is not just about the Taliban’: Refugee artists in Delhi use music to preserve their culture
As Afghanistan sees a surprising uptick in tourism despite years of conflict, thousands of miles away in New Delhi, it is the ache of displacement and “desire for homeland” that unites Afghan refugees. On World Refugee Day, June 21, this shared...

Exclusive Interview With Detained Activist Dr Mahrang Baloch
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has been advocating for Baloch rights since it was founded in 2020. Since its early days, when the movement was known as the Bramsh Yakjehti Committee, the BYC has organized peaceful protests against the...

More small boat migrants expected to arrive in Britain if Afghan scheme ends, Home Office warns
More small boat migrants are expected to arrive on Britain's shores after the Government closed two schemes for Afghans to apply for asylum, according to a Home Office policy paper. Afghans, forced to travel illegally to escape the Taliban regime,...

Refugee artists in Delhi use music to heal
As Afghanistan sees a surprising uptick in tourism despite years of conflict, thousands of miles away in New Delhi, it is the ache of displacement and “desire for homeland” that unites Afghan refugees. On World Refugee Day, June 21, this shared...

In Kansas City, most immigrants facing deportation receive no legal counsel
Kansas City’s immigration court is on the fifth floor of a nondescript downtown office building. The area is better known for the bustling shops of Crown Center to the south, or nearby Washington Square Park, a potential site for a new Royals...

Afghan academics, students fleeing Iran face bleak future
IRAN-AFGHANISTAN Refugees from all walks of life are being expelled from Iran, among them teachers, academics and students from Afghanistan, with an evident surge in refugees fleeing Iran for Afghanistan in June after Israeli airstrikes hit...

Iranian hunt for Israel’s spies leaves Afghans, ethnic ‘militants’ in crosshairs
Activist Judge Overturns Trump’s Declaration of an Invasion at the Border
Activist federal judges don't seem to have learned anything from the recent Supreme Court decision in President Donald Trump's favor. In a case against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by the Refugee and Immigrant Center for...

UNICEF warns of growing emergency as Afghan families flood back into Afghanistan
Thousands of Afghan children and families are arriving at the Islam-Qala border crossing with Iran in desperate need of humanitarian support, as mass returns from Iran to Afghanistan continue to surge amid economic hardship and regional pressures....

John Barnes: ‘Kabul isn’t a place you imagine going on holiday’
John Barnes, 61, is one of England’s most celebrated footballers. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he moved to London when he was 12 and spent most of his playing career at Watford and Liverpool, earning 79 England caps. He is a pundit and campaigner...

Immigration Solutions Lawyers' Anne O'Donoghue: 'Justice delayed is justice denied'
Kylie Speer 00:00:00 Kyle, hello and welcome to Australasian Lawyer TV. I'm Kylie Speer, and joining me today is Anne O'Donoghue, Director and Senior Counsel of all tribunal matters at Immigration Solutions Lawyers. Immigration Solutions Lawyers...

Afghan asylum seeker with grey hair was 15-years-old when he arrived in the UK, tribunal rules
An Afghan asylum seeker with grey hair has been ruled a child by a judge at the time of his small boat crossing. The asylum court deemed the migrant, who had previously failed to cross the Channel three times, was 15 despite going grey on the side...

Surge in Afghans driven from Iran after Israel attacks
The Iranian regime has fuelled baseless rumours of Afghan refugees spying for Israel [Getty] Afghan citizen Enayatullah Asghari watched dismayed after Israel launched strikes on Iran last month, as the Gulf nation where he had sought refuge turned...

UK to enforce new immigration rules from July 22
The United Kingdom’s new immigration rules, including changes to salary and skills thresholds for Skilled Worker visas, will be implemented from 22 July 2025. This was among the updated information released yesterday by the Home Office. The major...

Putin’s World Shrinks: Ukraine Turns Into Russia’s Afghanistan, Allies Exit
New Delhi: Moscow has grown quieter. Not because the war has stopped. But because the noise of friendship is fading. One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing more...