Afghan War Blog

The European refugee crisis is straining the resources of European nations (especially those of Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Finland)....

Mr. M. Ashraf Haidari is the Director-General of Policy & Strategy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. In a recent onlin...

Many of the migrants and refugees that have left Afghanistan are now returning. A significant number of these people heading back to Af...

Afghan Migrants.  Many refugees from Afghanistan are making their way (via people smugglers) across Iran into Turkey where they hope to ei...

Borders Closing to Afghan Migrants. The country of Macedonia has closed its southern border with Greece to Afghan migrants but will all...

Climate Change in Afghanistan.  This past week the leaders of the world converged in Paris to attend the climate conference. President...

Culture Shock. Many Europeans and Americans (and the occasional Canadian, Australian, New Zealander, and others) are surprised during the...

Afghan Refugees. Afghanistan is once again experiencing a huge departure of its citizens. Many are seeking to escape the ongoing (and inc...

ANCOP provides clothing to refugee children in refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan.   Photo by Senior Airman Christopher Hatch,  NTM-A ...

In the last ten weeks almost 52,000 Afghans living in Pakistan have packed up their belongings and crossed the border into Afghanistan. T...

The U.S. Department of State has announced an opportunity for funding of NGO programs benefiting Afghan returnees and IDPs in Afghanistan an...

Some Balochs from Pakistan are seeking refuge in Afghanistan. There is a small insurgency in the Balochistan province of Pakistan that has...

Winter is a tough season for the many thousands of refugees who have returned home from Pakistan. More than 5.8 million refugees have retur...

24 people were killed in a boat sinking off the Turkish coast . They were part of a group of 42 Afghan refugees who paid a smuggler to trans...

Refugees from Pakistan are hoping that the new government leadership will take note of their plight and offer assistance. Over 20,000 refuge...

Afghanistan is a nation with many refugees. Some live within the country and others in bordering countries - for the most part Iran and Pa...

There are still over one million refugees living in Pakistan that fled the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Many have become accustomed to ...

A thriving crime organization exists in Australia that specializes in smuggling people from Afghanistan into Australia. Read more in "P...