Pakistan: Police detain over 20 Afghan refugees from Islamabad

Islamabad: Pakistani police have detained more than 20 Afghan refugees in Islamabad city on Friday, media reports said.

Canada welcomes over 200 Afghan refugees to Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver/IBNS: Sean Fraser, Canada's Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, Wednesday announced that over 200 Afghan refugees landed in Vancouver last night, marking the largest flight to date of Afghan nationals arriving in BC.

US' Ramstein base in Germany has 200 Afghan refugees marked ‘red’, subject to further checks: General

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: About 200 of the 30,000 Afghan refugees processed at the US Ramstein base in Germany are now under further background checks, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Fox News.

'Don't want militants under the garb of refugees': Putin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban cannot be settled in its neighbouring countries even temporarily as "militants showing up here under cover of refugees" isn't acceptable to him, Russian news agencies reported.

US Army is preparing to house 22,000 Afghan refugees at military bases, says NORTHCOM Chief

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US armed forces are already at work erecting emergency accommodation for at least 22,000 anticipated Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country, Northern Command (NORTHCOM) chief General Glen VanHerck said on Tuesday.

Austria: Police detains six Afghans over alleged assault of women

Tyrol/Vienna, Jan 10 (IBNS): The Austrian police have arrested a group of six Afghan refugees for allegedly assaulting several women, reports said.