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US appeals court allows Trump administration to remove deportation protections for Afghans, Cameroonians
The Trump administration moved in April to end TPS for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., saying conditions in Afghanistan ...
Chaos and fear as Afghans exposed in huge data breach left in limbo by UK
Afghans who worked with UK forces left behind after the fall of Kabul and affected by the breach call on the UK to evacuate ...
With temporary protections for some Afghans set to expire, appeals court steps in
An appeals court has briefly extended protections for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.
Iran’s Expulsion of Afghans Deepens Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis
After the June war between Israel and Iran, Iran expelled hundreds of thousands of Afghans—threatening stability and ...
The scale of Afghans returning from Iran is overwhelming, says UN official
The pace and scale of Afghans returning from Iran are overwhelming already fragile support systems, a senior U.N. official ...
Thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain in secrecy after a data leak
Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of ...
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Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says
More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according ...
U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach
The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any ...
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Afghans at risk on all fronts
At Index, where we have a history of working with political prisoners, we’ve been calling it a domestic prison. Afghanistan – ...