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Iranian press review: Construction industry hit hard by Afghan workers' deportation

Middle East Eye · July 31, 2025

Construction stalls amid mass deportations The mass deportation of undocumented Afghan migrants from Iran has caused serious problems for the country’s construction industry, which relies heavily on low-wage Afghan labour. The UN refugee agency...

The Guardian view on the other Afghan scandal: countries are forcing refugees back to Taliban rule | Editorial

The Guardian · July 31, 2025

The British public discovered only very belatedly that an enormous accidental data breach by an official three years ago put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of torture and death. Some of them had worked with British forces in Afghanistan. The result...

Founder of Company that Produced Software Later Stolen by CIA Believes Software Was Used to Develop Digital Surveillance in Afghanistan

CovertAction Magazine · July 31, 2025

File photo from June 30, 2021, showing an employee scanning the eyes of a woman for biometric data needed to apply for a passport, at the passport office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of...

Tory MS raises concerns about appropriateness of hotel to temporarily house Afghan refugees

Nation.Cymru · July 31, 2025

Andrew RT Davies MS – Image: Jacob King Ted Peskett, local democracy reporter The former leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd has questioned the appropriateness of a site with limited access to facilities and services that’s being used...

Concerns raised over hotel used to house Afghans being resettled in the UK

Wales Online · July 31, 2025

16:26, 31 Jul 2025Updated 08:20, 01 Aug 2025 A Member of the Senedd has questioned the appropriateness of a site with limited access to facilities and services that’s being used as part of a Government scheme to temporarily house Afghan citizens....

Tucked away in One Big Beautiful Bill, a plan to disqualify refugees from health care assistance

MinnPost - Minnesota · July 31, 2025

Daily Newsletter | MinnPost's top stories delivered to your inbox Monday through Saturday. As the One Big Beautiful Bill ricocheted from proposal to signed law by President Donald Trump, Minnesota immigration advocates kept a close eye on how the...

With Trump, the US Is Getting a Taste of its Own Medicine

The Nation · July 31, 2025

July 31, 2025 The pathological U.S. support for dictatorships in the Middle East is blowing back across the Atlantic Ocean. Ad Policy Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on...

Nearly 370,000 Afghans return from Iran in two weeks, IOM reports

Daryo · July 31, 2025

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported a rise in the return of Afghan migrants from Iran, with nearly 370,000 people crossing back into Afghanistan over a two-week period in July. Source: Reuters IOM said the sudden surge...

Pharmaceutical exports: some prescriptions

Business Recorder · July 29, 2025

“The global pharmaceutical market is in a state of flux due to major restructuring, both in terms of the demand and supply. This presents a unique opportunity for the sector in Pakistan to take timely action by positioning itself strategically to...

Lancaster County first responders lean on one another to cope with traumatic incidents

Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania ·

Jerry Schramm says talking about mental health and trauma was “more or less taboo” when he became a first responder in 1997. But that has changed. “We have a new generation coming in, and the stigma of mental health and being able to take care of...

Afghan Returnees Face Hardship Amid Forced Deportations from Iran, Pakistan

TOLONews ·

With the increasing deportation of Afghan migrants from neighboring countries, a number of Afghan citizens have returned to the country after years of residing in Pakistan and Iran. Abdul Sattar, one of the returnees who came back from Pakistan...

One killed, 14 injured in central Afghanistan road accident

Xinhua News Agency ·

KABUL, July 31 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and 14 others injured after their vehicle veered off the road and turned turtle in central Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, the state-owned Bakhtar News Agency reported late Wednesday. The mishap...

EMPHNET provides solutions to address health challenges in region

Ammon News · July 31, 2025

Ammon News - As health systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region face many overlapping challenges, especially health risks caused by conflict and climate change, a new regional report is strongly calling for a shift toward sustainable and...

Investigating the Success Rate of Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Section and Its Associated Factors in Afghan Women: Insights from a Maternity Hospital in Kabul [Response to Letter]

Dove Medical Press · July 30, 2025

Parvin Golzareh,1 Halima Baha,2 Fahima Aram,3 Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai,4 Razia Rabizada,5 Massoma Jafari6 1Department of Advanced Midwifery Skills, School of Midwifery, Kabul University of Medical Sciences “Abu Ali Ibn Sina”, Kabul, Afghanistan;...

Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Health Sciences Students in Herat, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study [Letter]

Dove Medical Press · July 30, 2025

Dear editor The reviewers have assessed the paper “Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Among Health Sciences Students in Herat, Afghanistan” by Ejaz et al.1 This study provides valuable insight into hand hygiene (HH)...

Afghan Health Projects Extended to 2026 with WB, ADB Support

TOLONews ·

The Ministry of Public Health has announced that projects funded by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank will continue in Afghanistan until the end of 2026. Officials at the ministry stated that over the past year, approximately 263...

Cllr hits out at investigation over Afghan scheme concerns as 'stirring up hatred'

Bracknell News ·

John Edwards is an independent councillor on Sandhurst Town Council who has asked questions about Bracknell Forest Council’s involvement in government resettlement schemes for people from Afghanistan. This has involved revealing that families are...

Privatizing Veterans’ Health Care Will Be a Disaster

The American Prospect · July 30, 2025

Long before becoming secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Doug Collins’s intention to steer veterans and their health care dollars away from VA medical facilities and into private hands was well established. During his tenure in...

Taliban send Afghan workers abroad to combat joblessness

Arkansas Democrat Gazette · July 30, 2025

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban are sending Afghan workers to fill jobs in the Gulf nation of Qatar to ease unemployment in Afghanistan, and say talks are underway to...

Health ministry offering diverse services to refugees in border provinces

Tehran Times · July 28, 2025

TEHRAN –The ministry of health has expounded on a wide range of services being offered to refugees, particularly in eastern South Khorasan, northeastern Khorasan Razavi, and southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan provinces. The services include the...