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UNHCR and Pakistan sign new agreement on stay of Afghan refugees
13 Mar 2009 UNHCR and Pakistan sign an agreement to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and to seek international support for their care. -
Afghan and Pakistani women pick up physiotherapy skills
18 Feb 2009 UNHCR helps a group of Afghan refugee women and Pakistani females learn physiotherapy skills that they will use to help members of their community. -
Jalozai camp population swells as Pakistan's displacement crisis deepens
11 Feb 2009 Hundreds of civilians flock every day to Pakistan's Jalozai camp as pressure mounts on those already displaced amid continuing fighting in highland regions. -
Weaving themselves back into the Afghan social fabric
2 Jan 2009 The ethnic Turkmen of Afghanistan are finding it hard to cope back home after decades as refugees in neighbouring Pakistan, but many put their faith in their traditional carpet-weaving skills. -
UNHCR distributes winter supplies as first snow falls in Kabul
29 Dec 2008 As temperatures drop across Afghanistan, UNHCR and its partners have started delivering winter supplies to the most desperate Afghan returnees and internally displaced families to help them get through winter. -
Afghans help to build shelter for Balochistan's quake survivors
24 Dec 2008 Afghan refugees are using their skills to help their local hosts in the earthquake-hit areas of south-western Pakistan. -
Manage Afghan labour migration to curb irregular flow to Iran, study urges
11 Dec 2008 UNHCR and International Labour Organization-funded survey analyzes the factors that drive Afghan migrants into Iran and why some are deported. -
16 Days of Activism: Play seeks to broach taboo of domestic violence
3 Dec 2008 Domestic violence is a sensitive issue in most societies, especially among the conservative Afghan refugee community in Pakistan. A UNHCR-funded project uses drama to broach the issue. -
UNHCR chief visits, praises refugee camp in eastern Iran
21 Nov 2008 High Commissioner Guterres visits an Iranian camp for refugees and calls on the international community to do more to ensure they can finally go home.