#afghan refugees

[head-post]

Afghans flee Pakistan en masse: “We’d live here our whole life if they didn’t send us back”

Pakistan is set to begin forcibly removing 1.7 million migrants, many of them Afghans who fled the Taliban, Sky News reports.

Thousands of Afghans are fleeing Pakistan ahead of the government’s Wednesday deadline for undocumented or unregistered foreign nationals to leave the country.

Last month, Pakistan’s interim government threatened to round up, detain and deport those who do not leave the country voluntarily. Islamabad blames Afghan migrants for a surge in armed attacks, mainly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the southwestern province of Balochistan on the border with Afghanistan.

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[miawashere]

talibans ban on music

music is an important part of many peoples lives, including mine. but how would it feel if you were apart of the many people who can no longer listen to music in afganistan because of the talibans ban on music? it’s been illegal since 1990 for radios and tv stations to stream music, according to rferl.org. the reasoning for this is because music supposedly corrupts the people of afganistan and creates bad influences on those who listen to music on a daily basis. if caught listening or creating music (through instruments, etc) you could get beaten or jailed as punishment.

[michaelwriston]

I am selling prints in support of Luminus and their mission to integrate refugees into the United States. In particular, their mission to support Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban government is close to my heart.

As an OEF veteran and neighbor to multiple Afghan refugee families, I want to see them succeed.

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Thank you.

[lilithism1848]

[ladymazzy]

Evacuated Afghan women's team included 'false' footballers - BBC News

This is honestly such a depressing, shameful read. And this look is not doing the bbc any favours when it comes to their so-called impartiality

The fact that a few of these women seeking asylum aren't actual footballers should not be seen as a problem; the problem is our cruel and racist asylum system that has closed all 'legal routes' into the country for the vast majority of people seeking asylum

But instead this investigation chooses to frame the few women fleeing a regime we know to be oppressive as somehow 'cheating the system'

I've no doubt that any footballers left behind are frustrated and terrified - but they shouldn't have had to compete for safe haven in the first instance

[nando161mando]

Tensions come to a head with a proposal to limit the entrance of children of war refugees who are already in the Netherlands and to make families wait at least two years before they can be united.

[head-post]

Afghans leave Pakistan ahead of deadline

A huge number of Afghans headed to the Pakistani border to return home hours before a deadline set by the Pakistani government. Illegal residents must leave the country or face deportation,

The deadline is part of a new crackdown on migrants, according to Islamabad. However, the measure applies to Afghans, who comprise the majority of migrants in Pakistan.

Pakistani officials warn that people staying in the country illegally will face arrest and deportation from November 1. UN agencies say there are more than 2 million undocumented Afghans living in Pakistan, at least 600,000 of whom have fled since the Taliban took power in 2021.

The campaign comes amid strained relations between Pakistan and the Taliban rulers. Islamabad accuses Kabul of closing its eyes to militant Taliban allies who take refuge in Afghanistan to organise attacks in Pakistan. The Taliban denies the accusations.

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[garudabluffs]

"The Taliban are still hunting down former Afghan soldiers and police officers, three years after the chaotic American withdrawal. Many of the men, who were trained by U.S. and NATO forces, simply disappear from homes and villages. Others are on the run, or in hiding. Mohammed, a former police officer, is one of them.

Many are still being hunted for their affiliation with the West."

5-Minute Listen READ MORE Transcript https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/nx-s1-5099028/former-afghan-army-and-police-hunted-by-the-taliban