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16 Days of Activism: Afghan girl embraces new beginning after escaping forced marriage
5 Dec 2014 A brave Afghan teenager who refused to accept marriage with a man twice her age, finds a new life and horizons with resettlement in the United States. -
The challenge of life in their Afghan homeland for children born in exile
20 Nov 2014 Half of Afghanistan's 5 million returnees were born in exile. The young returnees face many new challenges, but most show remarkable resilience. -
Afghan trainee chef has the recipe to make it in Hungary
27 Oct 2014 Six years ago, Zia Karimi was a teenager in Pakistan, his life in turmoil after fleeing Afghanistan. Now he is a trainee chef in a top Budapest hotel with a career plan. -
Minority families in Pakistan displaced by war but optimistic about peace
7 Jul 2014 Christian and Hindu families among the hundreds of thousands who have fled as the Pakistan army battles Pakistan Taliban in North Waziristan. -
Fresh fighting in Pakistan's North Waziristan displaces more than 75,000 into Afghanistan
2 Jul 2014 UNHCR and partners are working to coordinate relief efforts and deliver assistance, providing tents and other basic relief items to the most vulnerable. -
Fighting in Pakistan's North Waziristan region uproots more than 400,000
24 Jun 2014 The newly displaced are being registered in Saidgai, as well as Kurram and Alizai in Kurram Agency to the north-east of North Waziristan. -
Guterres spotlights needs of Afghan refugees in Pakistan; urges donor help
1 May 2014 UNHCR chief visits projects supported by the UN refugee agency in south-west Pakistan's Balochistan province and urges support for refugees and hosts. -
UNHCR calls on the Americas to keep children on the run safe from violence
12 Mar 2014 UNHCR's "Children on the Run" report also urges governments to take action to keep children safe from rights abuses, violence and crime, and to ensure their access to asylum. -
US wraps up group resettlement for Myanmar refugees in Thailand
29 Jan 2014 More than 70,000 Myanmar refugees have been resettled from Thailand's camps to the United States as one of the world's largest resettlement programmes comes to an end.