Afghan Refugees in U.S. Given Seven-Day Notice to Depart
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U.S. gives Afghan refugees with TPS a seven-day deadline to leave, sparking concerns over safety amid ongoing crisis.
What India’s Citizenship Choices Reveal About Its Strategy
India’s citizenship choices reveal a strategy beyond humanitarianism, reflecting geopolitical aims, regional influence, and domestic political goals.
Pakistan Halts Afghan Repatriation, UN Seeks Sustainable Solutions
Pakistan halts Afghan repatriation; UN urges voluntary return, third-country resettlement, and long-term solutions within Pakistan.
Afghans in Pakistan: The Predicaments
Despite a cross-border movement numbering thousands each day, Afghans have been subject to various procedural hassles upon their arrival in Pakistan. Effective regulation is urgently necessary to preserve the symbiotic relationship between the two nations.
Afghan Refugee: Do We Ever Belong?
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Every day hundreds and thousands of people cross the borders in pursuit of better economic opportunities and living conditions, perhaps sometimes only for the sake of survival. However, the level of brutality that they have to go through is insane. Such is the case of Afghan refugee.
Caught in Limbo: Afghan Students in India
As 2500 Afghan students await Indian visas, it is crucial to ask whether transnational relations are relatively stronger for some communities than others, and perhaps if doubts can be cast after all on India\’s feelings for Afghans.
India in Afghanistan: Friend or Frenemy?
Despite ideological fissures between a deeply Islamophobic polity of India and the ‘Islamic Emirate’ of Afghanistan, as well as the specter of a troubled past, signs of rapprochement between the two are on the horizon. But at what cost?