3 d. ago India and Pakistan expel each other’s citizens as fears grow of military escalation over Kashmir attack

Indian PM Narendra Modi says his country will pursue attackers ‘and their backers... to the ends of the Earth’

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1 week ago Pakistan wants to deport millions of Afghans. In one region, they have no plans to go

Pakistan wants to expel more than 3 million Afghans this year as part of a crackdown on foreigners it says are in the country illegally

Politics

2 w. ago Pakistan says host countries must resettle Afghan nationals by April 30

Pakistan has called on the international community to expedite the resettlement of thousands of Afghan nationals currently in transit within the country

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2 w. ago A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’My home country, Japan, is one of the safest places in the world to give birth: it has one of the very lowest mortality rates in Asia. A few years ago I had the opportunity to work on a story about midwives in Japan, and I became very interested in their role. In November 2023 I travelled to Badakhshan province in the northeast of Afghanistan, the country with the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia. I wanted to meet midwives there and see how they support women.The Badakhshan province is far from Kabul, with rugged terrain and poor transportation and medical infrastructure. In winter, heavy snowfall blocks roads for months. Women who are about to give birth are sometimes carried on donkeys escorted by family members or neighbours on multi-day trips to clinics. The literacy rate for wom...

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3 w. ago Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum

Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to returnAn Afghan woman who risked her life to defend human rights in her home country before fleeing to the UK has been told by the Home Office it is safe for her to return after officials rejected her asylum claim.Mina (not her real name) worked for western government-backed projects and was involved in training and mentoring women across Afghanistan, which left her in grave danger even before the Taliban took over in 2021. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pakistan wants to expel 3 million Afghans from the country this year

About 845,000 Afghans have left Pakistan over the past 18 months

Politics

3 w. ago Pakistan plans to expel 3 million Afghans from the country this year

Pakistan says it plans to expel 3 million Afghans this year

Politics