Afghans

Afghan (Pashto/Dari: افغان) refers to someone or something from Afghanistan, in particular a citizen of that country.The pre-nation state, historical ethnonym Afghan is used to refer to a member of the Pashtun people. Originating from the name of the Aśvakan or Assakan, ancient inhabitants of the Hindu Kush region where the Pashtuns largely still live today. This is also confirmed with multiple historical references, dating from the 15th century and back by multiple non pashtun and pashtun sources. referring to the ethnic Afghans, commonly known as Pashtuns. The word 'Afghan' is of Persian origin to refer to the Pashtun People …

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Odysseus Academic Network · 16 October 2024 English

Although the content of the pact was discussed during three years (September 2020 until December 2023), the bulk of the negotiations took place at the end 2023 after the Council …

effective: it had dealt with few cases, Syrians and Afghans had rarely received protection, and a safe third


OLI: Offline Internet Consortium · 15 October 2024 English

This report explores the transformative potential of Offline Internet solutions to bridge the digital divide in underserved communities, particularly in developing countries. Commissioned by the Offline Internet Consortium, it emphasizes …

Farsi/Dari, aims to provide educational access to Afghans and learners worldwide. Spearheaded by the Canadian


Amnesty International · 13 October 2024 English

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to engage with the Committee ahead of its review of Pakistan.

must stop harassing and arbitrarily arresting Afghans seeking refuge”, 20 June 2023, https://www.amnesty must-stop-harassing-and-arbitrarily-arresting-afghans-seeking- refuge 3 Amnesty International, “Pakistan:


Amnesty International · 10 October 2024 English

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Türkiye in April-May 2025. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Türkiye in its previous …

don’t treat us like humans”: Unlawful returns of Afghans from Turkey and Iran, 31 August 2022, https://www ammunition, to summarily return to Iran thousands of Afghans seeking international protection which sometimes Don’t Treat Us Like Humans”: Unlawful Returns of Afghans from Turkey and Iran,” 31 August 2022). Under building of removal centres of this type, where Afghans were being detained in appalling conditions, before


DPG: Delhi Policy Group · 4 October 2024 English

On September 12, the Embassy of Afghanistan in Norway announced that it is closing and its assets will be placed in the custody of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

now taken over all consular responsibility for Afghans in Germany.6 On September 17, the Taliban administration Taliban. Durrani had opposed the mass expulsions of Afghans and was of the view that Pakistan needed to focus


World Bank Group · 2 October 2024 English

people. The WBG has reached more than 25 million Afghans following a stepwise approach. First, Approach refugee flows or other crises. Conditions for Afghans, and prospects for broader international support food-insecure while around two and a half million Afghans are on the brink of starvation. This makes continued


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 30 September 2024 English

In an age of artificial intelligence and weapons of high technology (and great cost), we forget that the most effective weapon system we possess is brainpower. Brainpower does not require …

Pashtunwali were done in sheer ignorance. The Afghans saw our posters and listened when U.S. colonels of cultural sensitivity and actions. Ordinary Afghans noted the corruption of the Afghan republic’s courts


WFP: World Food Programme · 25 September 2024 English

The independent inter-agency humanitarian evaluation (IAHE) assessed the collective humanitarian response in Afghanistan between August 2021 and mid-2023.

provided critical support to millions of vulnerable Afghans, with strong leadership of humanitarians in-country


MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 25 September 2024 English

The Tajik of Racial Discrimination (1995, CERD), the International Constitution guarantees that the people of Tajikistan are Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1999), the citizens of the country irrespective …

cent. Around 3-4 per again in Afghanistan. Most Afghans are primarily refugees cent belong to the Shi’a minorities’ own with the following breakdown: two Afghans (one female awareness of their rights and existing to major issue is the arbitrary deportation of Afghans back to provide better access to economic opportunities deportation of refugees back to community, and many Afghans are now afraid to leave Afghanistan should be stopped stopped as it violates the their homes. Those Afghans who have managed to get jobs fundamental international


WFP: World Food Programme · 25 September 2024 English

The independent inter-agency humanitarian evaluation (IAHE) assessed the collective humanitarian response in Afghanistan between August 2021 and mid-2023.

and causes, and the ways in which millions of Afghans have experienced it. 2. In making this assessment short- and longer-term interests of vulnerable Afghans, particularly relating to acute threats to people’s suspension of development assistance. For ordinary Afghans, the results were disastrous. Many earlier development characterized this ‘new’ crisis for the majority of Afghans. Families struggled to feed themselves, to secure crucial role in protecting millions of vulnerable Afghans from many of the most severe threats they faced


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