The Straits Times

Afghans come home but risk exclusion without any ID

TORKHAM, Afghanistan – Lugging suitcases across the border after packing up in Pakistan, Afghans are returning home with their worldly possessions but often lack one key item to restart their lives: ...
The Washington Post

Afghans promised a home in U.S. may face repatriation — and the Taliban

The Trump administration is rolling back programs that were created to assist more than 250,000 Afghans with planned resettlement in the United States, according to interviews with current and former ...
The New York Times

Afghans Who Helped U.S. Forces Say They’re Being Pushed Back to the Taliban

Once promised a move to the United States, Afghan refugees who helped U.S. forces say they face ‘bad or worse’ options: resettlement to Congo or returning home to live under the Taliban. By Elian ...
Military Times

US in talks to resettle 1,100 Afghans in Congo

Immigrants from Afghanistan walk through the in-processing building after their evacuation at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, in 2021. (Sgt. Jimmie Baker/U.S. Army via REUTERS) The Trump administration is in ...
Newsweek

Trump Plan to Send Afghans to Congo Sparks Outrage From Critics

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Trump administration's purported plan to send 1,100 Afghans who ...
The Conversation

Closing the Afghan embassy in Canberra would put many vulnerable Afghans at significant risk

Since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Australia, Wahidullah Waissi, and his staff have continued to represent the people of Afghanistan under the most ...
Mother Jones

Afghan War Allies Were Promised Safety in the US—Until Now

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Back in November, two National Guard members were shot just blocks from the White ...
CNN

Afghan man who served alongside US forces dies after less than a day in ICE custody, family and advocates say

An Afghan man who served alongside US special forces and fled his native country after its takeover by the Taliban died over the weekend shortly after being detained by immigration authorities, ...
The Conversation

Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement

In January 2025, Seema received an email from the International Organization for Migration saying that her flight from Pakistan to the United States, which she and her family were booked on after ...
The New York Times

A Refuge for Afghan Music Is at Risk of Falling Silent

Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by Pakistan threatens this community of exiles. By Elian Peltier Visuals by Asim ...
Time

PTSD, Isolation, and Scant Support: Afghans Who Helped Fight the Taliban Struggle With Their New Life in the U.S. The Results Are Sometimes Deadly

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CNN

With immigration paused, Afghans in the US and abroad urgently seek options after the National Guard attack

When the announcement broke that the Trump administration would halt and rereview immigration cases for certain refugees who arrived during the Biden presidency, Jafar Wahidi’s phone started ringing ...