#afghan-visa-overstayer

#afghan-visa-overstayer

Zahra Ghanbari was among a group of six players who sought asylum in Australia after the Women's Asian Cup, but later returned home and were celebrated.

India stands in solidarity with the Afghan people and will continue to extend all possible humanitarian support in this difficult hour, said Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.

A number of the players had initially sought humanitarian visas to stay in Australia after concerns they would face repercussions for staying silent during Iran's national anthem at their opening Asian Cup match. Human rights activists have said they may have been pressured to reverse their decisions through threats against their families.

If they let me, I will stay in Van until the war ends. If the war doesn't end, maybe I'll go back and die. Pourkaz is one of the 3.2 million people in Iran who the U.N. refugee agency estimates have been displaced since the U.S.-Israel war with Iran started. While some are seeking shelter in safer parts of Iran or one of its neighboring countries, others are returning from abroad, heading toward the fighting to protect their families and homes.

It is not normal for a healthy 41-year-old man to die less than 24 hours after being taken into government custody, said Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac, a San Diego-based group that helps Afghans who sought refuge in the United States after cooperating with U.S. authorities during the war in Afghanistan.

Tony Burke says authorities know the state of mind of each of the 34 Australian women and children stuck in a Syrian detention camp, but says his options to prevent them returning to Australia are limited. The home affairs minister, who represents a south-western Sydney electorate with a high Muslim population, also warned Pauline Hanson's recent derogatory comments against Muslims in Australia could incite violence.

A Chinese Muslim...and six Afghans were killed. Several others were wounded,

More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled from Tirah, a remote region in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, as fears grow of an imminent military offensive against the Pakistan Taliban, according to local residents and officials. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has contradicted claims made by locals and provincial authorities, insisting no military operation is occurring or planned in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province town.

Pakistan said it carried out cross-border strikes on seven militant sites inside Afghanistan in a "retributive response" to recent suicide attacks claimed by Afghan-backed extremists, as tensions escalated between the two South Asian neighbors. Pakistan "has carried out intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts," the Information Ministry said early on February 22. Islamabad said it had "conclusive evidence" that recent attacks inside Pakistan were carried out by Afghan-based Pakistani Taliban extremists who were allegedly acting on instructions from "their Afghanistan-based leadership and handlers."