Afghan refugees

Mutual interests are prompting Iran and Pakistan to work together to prevent Afghanistan from descending into another civil war.

The crisis in Afghanistan has reopened painful wounds for many of the country's 2 million Vietnamese Americans, and spurred many to assist new arrivals.

The Afghan National Girls Youth Football team, its coaches, and their families were facing threats from the Taliban.

Time and again international powers involved in Afghanistan have aided refugees for political and strategic reasons that extend far beyond humanitarian concerns. 

Tashkent has assisted Western countries in evacuating some Afghans, but Uzbekistan can and should do more. 

Both countries have been willing to take some Afghan refugees in, but only temporarily. 

The Taliban blitz toward Kabul left refugees already in India feeling isolated and farther from home than ever.

Even as it leads global action on Afghanistan at the UNSC, India must salvage its own credibility as a hospitable destination for asylum seekers.

The Asia-Pacific region counts the smallest percentage of state parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol – only 20 out of 48.

The EU’s persistent push for refugees to return to Afghanistan and efforts to fund reintegration programs fail to account for the country's ongoing instability.

"This virus is like the wind," said one returnee. "You do not know where it comes from and how you get infected."