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Nearly a year after it closed its embassy in Afghanistan following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban in 2021, the federal government was trying to plan flights out of the country to bring in an estimated 12,000 Afghans it believed were “current and future” clients of Immigration Canada, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
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Miller still hopes to see Afghans from Pakistan arrive in ‘next few weeks’
The federal government is still speaking to counterparts in Pakistan and planning for flights of Afghans to arrive here from Islamabad in the next few weeks, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told journalists at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Pakistan begins mass deportations of Afghans living there illegally
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday rounded up, detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired, authorities said. CBC | World News
Read More »Frantic rush to evacuate thousands of Afghans to Britain – 12 flights already chartered
Ministers are “frantically” trying to evacuate thousands of Afghans from Pakistan before they are deported, the Daily Express has learned. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Afghans determined to vote for a president despite Taliban threats and suicide bombings
Amid Taliban threats and tighter security, Afghans will vote Saturday in a presidential election. Whoever wins will likely attempt to join a peace process between the U.S. and the Taliban that has left out the Afghan government. CBC | World News
Read More »Should they stay or should they go? Young Afghans struggle with their country’s future
Donald Trump has pledged more troops to Afghanistan. But Soraya Afzali says her country’s best hope is the new generation of educated young Afghans returning home to help rebuild. CBC | World News
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