Arshad Khan was born in Mardan, Pakistan, in 1999. According to his manager, Khan’s mother is Pakistani, while his father is an ethnic Pashtun of Afghan descent.
Fleeing the conflict of their homeland, people of Afghanistan have sought safety in India over the decades. ThePrint looks at what life is like for these refugees living in Delhi.
With 1 Nov deadline lapsed, Afghan refugees facing arrest and expulsion have been forced to return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan which suffers from sanctions, economic decline.
Pakistan is home to over 4 million Afghan migrants & refugees, about 1.7 million of them undocumented, Islamabad says, although many have lived in Pakistan for their entire lives.
48 Afghan cadets in India claim their visas were either cancelled or requests for visa extensions rejected. Ministry of External Affairs sources say 'nobody will be forced to go back'.
With Taliban in power back home, visa rules that prohibit working, and scholarships drying up, Afghan students in a limbo. Indian friends are helping, but they can only do so much.
Since January, Syed Jamaluddin Afghan School has been approaching various schools in Delhi asking them if they could use 15 classrooms to hold in-person classes. So far, the search has yielded no results.
Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma has flagged an unusual rise in foreign arrivals. Nearly 2,000 Western visitors entered Mizoram between June and December 2024.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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