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Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown is getting ICE agents hurt
USA Today - Virginia
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Masked agents. Terrified suspects. Emotions running high as screaming crowds press in, cell phone cameras in hand. Amid surging immigration enforcement across the country, federal agents are being hurt and hospitalized as they make increasingly...
UN CEDAW Committee Breaks New Ground With First Treaty Body Review Of Afghanistan Since Taliban Takeover In 2021
Scoop
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GENEVA (26 June 2025) - At a time when Afghan women warn that their very existence is being erased and their voices rendered invisible on the global stage, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has taken an...
UN Report: 80% Of Young Women In Afghanistan Denied Education And Work Opportunities
MENAFN
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June 28, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) A UN report reveals that 80% of young women in Afghanistan are denied access to education and employment, highlighting severe gender-based restrictions. A recent report by UN Women reveals that 80% of young women in...
Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel’s war on Iran
Al Jazeera
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June 28, 2025
On Friday, June 13, when Israeli missiles began raining down on Tehran, Shamsi was reminded once again just how vulnerable she and her family are. The 34-year-old Afghan mother of two was working at her sewing job in north Tehran. In a state of...
Afghan ally detained by ICE after immigration court hearing
Sandhills Express - Nebreska
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An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan was placed in expedited removal in San Diego on Thursday, according to court documents reviewed by CBS News. Sayed Naser was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Afghan refugee detained by ICE at San Diego hearing faces deportation
KPBS - California
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June 28, 2025
The Afghan refugee detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers after an asylum hearing this month had his case dismissed by a San Diego immigration judge Thursday. The decision could result in him being deported to...
Afghan man detained by ICE while saying he helped U.S. troops placed in expedited removal
NBC San Diego - California
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June 27, 2025
Just over two weeks after Sayed Naser was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, the Afghan national was placed into expedited removal Thursday night, meaning Naser's case was dismissed by a judge. Expedited removal is a tactic...
OP-ED: Inhumane treatment of immigrants must be stopped
Observer-Reporter - Pennsylvania
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June 28, 2025
Last weekend landscaper Narciso Barranco was at work at an IHOP restaurant in Santa Anna, Calif., according to a CNN report, when a group of armed men in masks and camouflage clothing confronted him. Frightened, he tried to run away and then...
Afghanistan Has a Lot at Stake in the Iran Conflict
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
Mahnoor Naimi recorded her latest vlog on June 22. She asked her viewers to pray for her, and to forgive her, if she didn’t make it home. She said she was stuck in Iran. Speaking from the Sang-e Safid camp, near the border between Iran and...
US to revoke immigration status of Haitian migrants in September
AOL
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The Trump administration will revoke the legal status and work permits of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants in early September, arguing that conditions in Haiti have sufficiently improved for them to return home, the Department of Homeland...
45-Year-old man Marries 6-year old Girl in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan
Khaama Press
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June 27, 2025
A 45-year-old man married a six-year-old girl in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan, sparking outrage and renewed concern over rising child marriages. Local sources in Helmand province have reported that a 45-year-old man has married a six-year-old...
Norway donates over $4 million to Afghanistan
Khaama Press
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June 27, 2025
Norway has donated over $4 million to Afghanistan through a UN fund, aiming to support vital humanitarian services for millions facing crisis and hardship. Norway has contributed $4.25 million to support humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan,...
Afghanistan faces worsening humanitarian crisis as UN urges sustained aid amid rising needs
Daryo
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June 27, 2025
Afghanistan is experiencing a deepening humanitarian crisis, with over 23mn people—more than half of the population—in need of life-saving assistance, according to United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC). The...
Uzbekistan dispatch: is this country what Afghanistan might have been, or still could be?
JURIST
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June 27, 2025
I recently returned to the US from Uzbekistan. This was my second visit to that Central Asian country, and I must say that as an Afghan, it was a bittersweet experience. Uzbekistan is a beautiful, peaceful place with a rich history and a modern,...
UN sounds alarm on child gender transitions: Calls for ban due to rising exploitation concerns
Natural News
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June 27, 2025
UN sounds alarm on child gender transitions: Calls for ban due to rising exploitation concerns The United Nations has finally begun to acknowledge the irreversible harm of gender ideology’s most dangerous frontier: medicalizing and sexualizing...
US sets deadline to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants
Yahoo News
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The United States government has announced it will terminate special protections for Haitian immigrants. In a statement issued Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that, starting on September 2, Haitians would no longer be able...
Lower immigration in 2024, particularly among knowledge migrants
Statistics Netherlands
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June 27, 2025
Almost half of migrants came from countries outside the European Union (EU). Around 4 in 10 migrants arrived from an EU or EFTA country and 1 in 10 were of Dutch nationality. These are often people who return to the Netherlands, having previously...
Afghanistan’s crisis deepens amid escalating Middle East conflict, UN envoy warns
Daryo
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June 27, 2025
The escalating crisis in the Middle East is worsening Afghanistan’s already fragile humanitarian and economic conditions, the UN’s top envoy to the country warned in a briefing to the Security Council. Source: UNFPA Roza Otunbayeva, the...
Central professor is among 2025 Immigrant HOF inductees
New Britain Herald - Connecticut
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NEW BRITAIN — A Central Connecticut State University professor is among four individuals being honored this year by the Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame for their contributions to Connecticut’s civic, educational and cultural life. Dr. Ali Antar, a...
Afghanistan’s biodiversity is under severe threat due to global warming
Famagusta Gazette
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June 27, 2025
“If treated kindly and provided with food and water, even lions and bears can become friendly to humans. Animals understand when you speak to them,” said 45-year-old Qurban Ali, caretaker of the lion and bear enclosure at Kabul Zoo, in a...