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The United States (US) hopes to relocate some 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots soon. The superpower also hopes to relocate other personnel held in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghanistan war, a US official said. The State Department official, …

The pace and extent of Afghanistan’s economic downturn has been in free fall since the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August 2021. Most affected are the country’s 38 million people, many of whom are unable to support themselves. A recent assessment by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) …

In Badakhshan Province, there are an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 drug addicts. As in other places, addiction tends to run in families. Jan Begum’s family is one of them. They live in Faizabad City. Both sons and husband are addicted. They used methamphetamine and heroin. “We have nothing left. Both …

Ahmad Fahim, 18, has a wardrobe full of jeans and t-shirts, but is forced to wear the shalwar kameez, the traditional Afghan dress when leaving the house. “Most of my clothes were jeans and T-shirts and I couldn’t wear them anymore, so I had no choice but to burn them,” …

For the first time, Pakistan has opened its air trade route for commercial cargo to Afghanistan, to help the Taliban government cope with the worsening economic crisis. “Islamabad International Airport is now open to Afghanistan’s high-value transit trade,” Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, tweeted Saturday. Sadiq said a …

A number of Afghan refugees in South Korea appeared in public Wednesday (13/10), for the first time since they arrived in the country in late August. Upon arrival in South Korea, the refugees were placed in government facilities in Jincheon, about a two-hour drive from the nation’s capital. After a …

An Afghan military defector who killed three Australian soldiers has been released from custody in Qatar and his whereabouts are unknown, officials said Monday (11/10). The soldier known as Hekmatullah fled after shooting dead the three Australian soldiers and wounding two others at a base in 2012 and was sentenced …

Shortly after the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban in August, the Canadian government announced it would initially welcome 40,000 refugees. The resettlement comes at a time of upheaval in Afghanistan and at the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The first group …

“I was evacuated from Afghanistan which was then invaded by the Soviets. My family and I arrived in the US in the 90’s. I arrived earlier than my family.” Aleena Jun Nawabi suffered severe burns when she arrived in the US. “I don’t remember exactly what happened. I asked my …

Some Afghan refugees are reported to have left US military bases before they were resettled. The number of “voluntary departures,” of about 700 refugees or possibly greater, is unprecedented. However, the phenomenon has raised concerns among immigration advocates concerned about the risks to Afghans surrendering to what is now an …