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Afghans still in Pakistan face challenges to return
7 Aug 2007 On a visit to refugee camps in Pakistan, the UN refugee agency's Assistant High Commissioner for Operations emphasized that repatriation of Afghans will be gradual because of the many difficulties they had in returning. -
Agreement on Afghan repatriation from Pakistan extended three years
2 Aug 2007 The governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and UNHCR, extend a agreement providing for voluntary, gradual and sustainable repatriation of registered Afghans from Pakistan over the next three years. -
UNHCR calls for more effort to ensure Afghan refugees can reintegrate
31 Jul 2007 UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner Judy Cheng-Hopkins says more work is needed to ensure that Afghan refugees returning home in the future can successfully resume life in Afghanistan -
Kacha Garhi refugee camp closes in Pakistan after 27 years
27 Jul 2007 The Afghan refugee camp, one of the oldest and largest in North-West Frontier Province, has closed after two years of negotiations. Its peaceful resolution after a long stand-off sets the tone for future camp closure and consolidation in Pakistan. -
Afghan returnees seek livelihood in life-giving projects
9 Jul 2007 Many Afghans in exile say they cannot return home due to a lack of jobs in Afghanistan. The UN refugee agency is working with the Afghan government and other organisations to ease the livelihood problem for vulnerable returnees, but the gaps remain immense. -
Give us schools, not supplies, urges Afghan headmistress
28 Jun 2007 In a country with limited formal education for Afghan refugee girls, one woman is trying to make a difference. Jamila Abbasi is headmistress of three schools for more than 1,500 Afghan children in the town of Quetta in southern Pakistan. -
Training Pakistan's police in refugee rights
25 Jun 2007 The UN refugee agency recently completed a three-day workshop for police officers in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province to sensitize them on refugee rights at a time when tensions are running high among the Afghan population. -
Afghan township struggles to make magic out of mud and mines
21 Jun 2007 Beneworsik township in Afghanistan's Parwan province is smack in the middle of nowhere, was recently cleared of mines and has few basic facilities or jobs to offer. So why do returnees want to live there? -
Meeting looks at balance for Afghan return amid country's constraints
11 Jun 2007 Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UN refugee agency have discussed ways to maintain the voluntary and sustainable repatriation of Afghans from Pakistan in view of worsening security and humanitarian access in parts of Afghanistan.