Press Releases

• Government starts registration of Afghan citizens in Pakistan

• Afghans in Jhang, Chitral to start pilot registration on 1 October

• Japan donates US$2.5 million to UNHCR Pakistan

• Germany pledges more aid for Afghan refugees in Pakistan

• UNHCR announces winter break for Afghan voluntary repatriation

• Eid holidays notice for Afghan refugees voluntarily repatriating from Pakistan

• UNHCR voluntary repatriation of Afghans from Pakistan passes 2.7 million

• Afghan voluntary repatriation from Pakistan passes 400,000

• Tripartite Agreement ensures voluntary repatriation of Afghans from Pakistan

• 125 Afghan families leave Attock for Afghanistan

• UNHCR Voluntary Repatriation of Afghans Accelerates from Pakistan's Tribal Areas

• UNHCR facilitates voluntary repatriation of Afghans from Gujranwala

• UNHCR voluntary repatriation of Afghans from Pakistan passes 2.5 million

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• Chadians trickle home from nearby Cameroon, others seek refuge

• Khurasan refugee village receives "Ambulance of Hope"

• Afghans still in Pakistan face challenges to return

• Training Pakistan's police in refugee rights

• Afghan township struggles to make magic out of mud and mines

• Meeting looks at balance for Afghan return amid country's constraints

• German foreign minister explores situation of Afghans in Pakistan

• Registration Report offers insight into Afghans in Pakistan

• Pakistani Minister Rind Hands UNHCR cheque for Afghan repatriation

• UNHCR helped more than 200,000 unregistered Afghans return home as deadline passes

• Vulnerable Afghans cast off crutches of dependency

• Afghan students mark 15th year of German scholarship

• Land allocation scheme yields first results in Afghanistan

• Feeling the pulse of health, hygiene in Pakistan's quake zone camps

• UNHCR-UNESCO sign cooperation deal on education of Afghans in Pakistan

• From one end of Afghanistan to another, refugee families share desire for home

• Chamberlin completes Pakistan visit with registration deal for Afghans

• Afghans in Pakistan cite shelter and jobs as deciding factors in return

• Information "superhighway" for Afghans in Quetta

• First Afghan families leave Pakistan as repatriation season   resumes

• Record refugee returns to Afghanistan show hopes and challenges

• Afghan refugees offer pitch-perfect camp for hosts

• Huge Afghan convoy sets off home across the Hindu Kush

• Red carpet return for skilled Afghans from Pakistan

• Pakistan, Afghanistan, UNHCR agree to extend deal on Afghan returns

• Pakistan's census of Afghans provides first detailed profile of the population

• Afghans accelerate voluntary repatriation from Pakistan's tribal areas

• Pakistan announces more Afghan camp closures

• Afghans embark on journey "from one home to another"

• UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Jolie urges aid for Afghans in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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