Archive for November, 2023
Pakistan will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January: official
Pakistan’s interim government will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January next year, Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai said on Friday. “The caretaker government is trying to deport all illegal Afghan immigrants by January. After that the government would announce a time frame for repatriating the remaining Afghan immigrants,” Achakzai said at a press conference in Quetta. He also reiterated […]
Read more ›Why is bin Laden’s ‘letter to America’ trending during Gaza war?
The controversial 2002 letter explains the al-Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind’s reasons for attacking the United States. A 2002 letter written by late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden resurfaced and started trending on TikTok and then on X, channeling antisemitic and hateful messaging on the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war. Numerous videos referencing the letter that justifies the killing of […]
Read more ›India is the epicentre of hate and misinformation against Palestinians
In the wee hours of 7 October, 2023, Hamas, the Palestinian Resistance group based in Gaza, launched a surprise attack on Israel, code named operation Al-Aqsa flood; it started firing rockets and sending gunmen across the border, who took hostages. The Israeli military has responded with heavy airstrikes and a ground invasion of Gaza in the counter operation. The initial […]
Read more ›Pakistan will not expel Afghan refugees holding legal documents: Bugti
Pakistan Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti rejected reports of mistreatment of Afghan migrants by the country’s security forces, and said refugees with immigration cards will not be deported from Pakistan. Bugti made these remarks in a session in the Pakistani Senate on Monday, November 13. He stated that approximately 300,000 illegal Afghan migrants have voluntarily returned to their home country […]
Read more ›UN-brokered int’l meeting on Afghanistan may take place in near future: Moscow
Another UN-mediated international meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan could take place in the foreseeable future, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special envoy to Afghanistan, has said. “We are planning a range of broad international events on Afghanistan. We and our regional partners remember that UN Secretary General [Antonio] Guterres planned to gather special envoys, just as he did, you will remember, […]
Read more ›Turkmenistan’s new consul general for Herat meets with Muttaqi
Turkmenistan’s new consul general in Herat has submitted his letter of credentials to Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Batyr Yolov, submitted his credentials on Tuesday to Muttaqi in Kabul. Foreign ministry of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), says that at the event, which was attended by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan Khawaja Awadov, Muttaqi welcomed the new consul general of […]
Read more ›Preparations made to address migrants’ needs in Balkh: official
Local officials in Balkh province say preparations are made to support and address the issues of immigrants who have been recently evicted from Pakistan. The deputy governor of Balkh Noorul Hadi Abu Idris said that the establishment of a camp with tents, the provision of health services, and the provision of food items are among the most important preparations of […]
Read more ›Afghan consulate in Tajikistan operates under IEA’s foreign ministry supervision: Dehqanzada
Naqibullah Dehqanzada, acting head of the Afghan consulate in Khorog of Tajikistan, stated that the consulate operates under the direct support and supervision of the Islamic Emirate’s foreign ministry. Dehqanzada issued a statement to confirm the Afghan consulate’s connection with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) after the ambassador of the previous government to Tajikistan tore up the appointment of […]
Read more ›Pakistan to send back ‘registered refugees’ after deporting illegal immigrants
Pakistan will begin the process of returning “registered refugees” to their home countries once it completes the deportation of all illegal immigrants in the country, Balochistan’s acting Minister for Information Jan Achakzai said on Thursday, amid nationwide sweeps to round up foreigners staying illegally in the South Asian country. “So far, 80,000 immigrants from Balochistan have left Pakistan. After this, […]
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