Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Record 110 million people worldwide now forcibly displaced, says UN

Record 110 million people worldwide now forcibly displaced, says UN

Russia's war in Ukraine, refugees fleeing Afghanistan and the fighting in Sudan have pushed the total number of refugees forced to seek shelter abroad, and those displaced within their own countries, to an unprecedented level, said UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Karzai Calls on Biden to Reverse Decision on Afghan Funds | Farsnews Agency

 

  (FNA)- Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on US President Joe Biden to reverse his decision on Afghan bank’s funds and return all the fund to Afghanistan.

Friday, October 1, 2021

Hundreds of Afghan refugees walk away from US military bases to parts unknown rather than complete resettlement process – reports — RT

Hundreds of Afghan refugees walk away from US military bases

 More than 700 Afghan refugees have reportedly left the American military bases where they were being hosted after being evacuated from their country, finding their own way in the US rather than awaiting resettlement services.

Monday, September 27, 2021

ICC Prosecutor Requests to Resume Investigation of War Crimes in Afghanistan - sputniknews.com

International Criminal Court (ICC)

(Sputnik) – International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday he has asked the court to let him resume the inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan as he does not find the new authorities in Kabul fit to litigate independently.

Monday, August 30, 2021

Biden Slammed for Checking Watch during Ceremony for Troops Killed in Kabul Blast - Tasnim News Agency

Biden Slammed for Checking Watch during Ceremony for Troops Killed in Kabul Blast

(Tasnim) – US President Joe Biden is under fire after appearing to look at his watch just seconds after a salute honoring the return of the 13 US troops killed in Thursday's Daesh suicide bombing in Kabul.

Friday, August 20, 2021

Saturday, August 14, 2021

US’ Afghanistan Exit May Create New ‘Breeding Grounds’ for Terrorism, Warns UK Defense Secretary

 

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 Negotiated under the Trump administration and then pushed back under the Biden White House, US troops now have a deadline to depart from Afghanistan by August 31, just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that ultimately prompted the US invasion of the war-torn country.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Netherlands to Keep Deporting Rejected Afghan Asylum Seekers, Reports Say - Sputnik International

Asylum Seekers

(Sputnik) - The Netherlands is set to continue deporting rejected Afghan asylum seekers despite the Taliban* intensifying their offensive in the conflict-torn country, the NRC Handelsblad newspaper reported on Tuesday.