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 This is also confirmed with multiple historical references, dating from the 15th century and back by multiple non pashtun and pashtun sources.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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CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 27 November 2024 English

The EU’s fragmented approaches to the crises of climate change, conflict, and democracy fall short by not addressing the mutually reinforcing links between them. Brussels needs an integrated strategy to …

among women.39 As a result, roughly 85 percent of Afghans live on less than $1 a day.40 The under- lying crisis, which pushed 1.3 million undocumented Afghans from Pakistan into the country;41 three years utlook-2023. 40 “Approximately 85 Percent of Afghans Live on Less Than One Dollar a Day,” United Nations https://www.undp.org/stories/approximately-85-percent-afghans-live-less-one- dollar-day. 41 “Emergency Update


Amnesty International · 26 November 2024 English

Since 2021, Afghan and international civil society organizations have emphasized the need for an independent international accountability mechanism with the mandate to investigate and collect, preserve and analyze evidence of …

committed by multiple perpetrators, generations of Afghans have been denied truth, justice, reparation and of international military forces. Moreover, Afghans across the board have pointed to the failure to


World Bank Group · 21 November 2024 English

Group (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 acutely food-insecure while around 2.5 million Afghans are on the brink of starvation. Sectoral and Institutional


World Bank Group · 20 November 2024 English

This paper reports on the prevalence of three facets of mental health—depression, anxiety, and parenting stress—among mothers of children ages 0–6 years in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Data from mother-child dyads …

Refugees (UNHCR, 2024c). Pakistan hosts 3.20 million Afghans, of whom 1.52 million are registered as either


The Migration Observatory · 20 November 2024 English

Afghans were the top nationality among small boat arrivals in 2023 The number of Afghans arriving in the UK without authorisation rose substantially after the Taliban takeover in the summer of 2021, with Midlands received the most people under the Afghan schemes Under the humanitarian visa schemes for Afghans, the largest number of people were housed in the South East of England (13%), London (10%), and the

the UK. It presents statistics on the number of Afghans arriving via small boat, and those given protection UK under the two main resettlement schemes for Afghans: the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) the UK under the two main schemes for resettling Afghans, as of 30 June 2024. Around half arrived in the quarter of 2021, around the time of the evacuation. Afghans were the top nationality among small boat arrivals in 2023. Between April 2022 and June 2023, more Afghans reached the UK by small boat than through the bespoke


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 20 November 2024 English

The recent flurry of reports on India coming close to allowing Taliban-appointed representatives to take up key diplomatic posts in Delhi and Mumbai highlights a major policy shift, pushed through …

due to India’s own errant policies on visas for Afghans, and the Taliban’s potential to weaponise access


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 19 November 2024 French

rapporte avoir inscrit plus de 33 000 étudiants afghans, pour la plupart des femmes, depuis qu'elle offre


EU: European Union · 19 November 2024 English

This report concerns national investigations of incidents of loss of life and alleged ill-treatment that occur during border management at the EU's external land and sea borders. Article 47 of …

In 2020, the Croatian police intercepted four Afghans who entered the country circumventing border controls them was also subjected to sexual violence. The Afghans were summarily returned to a neighbouring country and S. H. v Poland, No 54862/21, 11 July 2022 (Afghans stranded in the border forest area without food 42120/21, 18 October 2021 (violent summary return of Afghans stranded at the Belarus border). ECtHR, H. K. and


IFRI: Institut Français des Relations Internationales · 19 November 2024 French

Atteindre la profondeur du dispositif ennemi pour l’affaiblir et faciliter l’obtention d’un résultat opérationnel ou stratégique est un objectif majeur des armées. Quels sont les moyens nécessaires pour mener des …

campagnes de frappe n’empêche pas les conflits afghans et irakiens du XXIe siècle de s’enliser dans des


WFP: World Food Programme · 19 November 2024 English

Afghanistan Health Emergency Response - Maternal and Child Benefit Programme

secondary-level health services free of charge to all Afghans through Service Providers supporting a network


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