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Afghan Returnees Face Resource Shortages
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) With increasing numbers of Afghans returning from neighboring nations, humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm about a growing emergency characterized by scarce resources, protection concerns, and unclear reintegration...
Afghan Repatriations from Iran Increase
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) In just over a month, close to half a million Afghans have made their way back from Iran, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which relayed this information to a news agency on Monday. This wave of returns...
Afghanistan’s Flash Floods Claim Lives of Two Children
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Torrential rainfall triggered catastrophic flash floods in parts of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, claiming the lives of two children and leaving widespread destruction, a local official reported on Sunday. The floods impacted...
UN Human Rights-Supported High Note Global Prize Awarded to the Song 'We Believe in Hope' on International Day of Hope
EIN Presswire
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July 12, 2025
Award-winning composer Jeff Beal, Afghan artist Aryana Sayeed, and Joan Beal created the song inspired by the story of Afghanistan’s all-female robotics team. NEW YORK, CA, UNITED STATES, July 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the world...
Local Afghan tour company invites Americans to vacation in country
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN) A local Afghan tour company has released an unusual promotional video inviting American tourists to visit Afghanistan, which quickly gained viral attention. The 50-second clip begins with a staged hostage scene reminiscent of Taliban...
CENTRAL EUROPE: Austria’s first deportation to Syria prompts Germany to follow ― Afghan family wins visa battle against German government ― Germany planning migration summit ― Polish farmers join ‘citizen patrols’ ― Czech MPs adopt draft asylum and mig…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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July 10, 2025
Austria has deported a Syrian national to Syria for the first time since the start of the civil war in 2011. Germany has announced that it will also begin deporting Syrians with criminal records. A court in Berlin has ruled that the German...
Russia recognizes Taliban government in Afghanistan
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia has officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan, marking a major geopolitical shift and making it the first major global power to formally engage with the Islamic Emirate since the Taliban seized control in 2021. On...
Nearly 450,000 Afghans Head Back Home from Iran
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) In just over a month, almost half a million Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed to media on Monday. This surge precedes Tehran’s firm deadline requiring...
Inflection point or continuing spiral in the Middle East?
Middle East Institute
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July 28, 2025
After almost two years of fighting in Gaza, and after the decimation of Hizballah, the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and the 12-day Israeli-American war on Iran, the Middle East is in new strategic and political territory. Two...
French law enforcement invades sea with knives to attack unlawful migration
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) French police have begun slashing inflatable boats used by migrants attempting to cross the English Channel, a new tactic aimed at curbing illegal migration to the UK, according to BBC footage aired on Friday. The video showed officers...
Deadly Crash Claims Three Lives in Afghanistan
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) At least three people have died, and seven others sustained injuries after their vehicle crashed and flipped over in eastern Afghanistan's Panjshir province, according to media on Sunday. The incident occurred when a mini-bus, reportedly...
Torrential Floods Hit Eastern Afghanistan
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Severe flooding overwhelmed eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least two children and laying waste to numerous homes, as reported by local media. Citing information from the Nangarhar Provincial...
Water Supply Project Kicks Off in Afghanistan
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Work has officially commenced on the development of a new water supply network in northern Afghanistan’s Samangan province, as reported by a state-run news agency, on Thursday. The project, funded by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation...
Bombing Targets Government Officials in Pakistan
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) At least five individuals lost their lives and 11 others sustained injuries on Wednesday when a government convoy was struck by a roadside explosion in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to an official statement....
India Eliminates Three Linked to Kashmir Attack
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Indian security forces have neutralized three militants involved in the April assault on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir, according to a statement by Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday. Addressing the lower chamber of the Indian...
Man shouts ‘bomb’, ‘death to Trump’ on UK flight
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN) A man caused alarm on an EasyJet flight from London to Glasgow on Sunday after loudly claiming he had a bomb and shouting “death to America” and “death to Trump.” The disruption occurred while U.S. President Donald Trump was visiting...
Medal of Honor Recipient, Will Swenson, Joins illumicell AI’s Board of Directors
EIN Presswire
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July 24, 2025
The highly decorated U.S. Army officer is using his platform to champion globally accessible diagnostics for male military health and clean-water safety. BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, July 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- illumicell AI, the...
Half dozen people murdered in terrorist assault in Iran
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A terrorist attack on Saturday in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province left at least six people dead and 22 others injured, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Among the victims were a mother and her...
Wild Polio Cases Rise to Seventeen in Pakistan
MENAFN
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July 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistan has identified three additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), raising the country’s total number of infections this year to 17, health officials confirmed on Sunday. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio...
With the support of the European Union, OSCE handed over four CCTV cameras to Tajikistan’s Border Troops in Panj District
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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July 18, 2025
As part of the third phase of the European Union-funded project “Stabilization of the Southern Border Region of Tajikistan with Afghanistan,” the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe handed over four video surveillance cameras to the Border Troops of...