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  2. Afghan refugees - Wikipedia

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    Afghan refugees. Afghan refugees are citizens of Afghanistan who were forced to flee from their country as a result the continuous wars that the country has suffered since the Afghan-Soviet war, the Afghan civil war, the Afghanistan war (2001–2021) or either political or religious persecution.

  3. List of sovereign states by refugee population - Wikipedia

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    UNHCR registered refugees by country/territory of asylum between 2022 and 2010 Country/territory of asylum Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants in mid-2015 2022 2019 mid-2016 mid-2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Afghanistan: 7.14 52,159 72,228 59,771: 205,558: 280,267: 72: 75: 66: 43 Albania: 0.05 2,676 128 138: 154: 104: 96: 86: 82: 76 Algeria: 2.42

  4. 2021 Kabul airlift - Wikipedia

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    Afghan refugees resettled per 100K residents after the 2021 Afghan withdrawal and evacuation in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia according to CBS News In the early hours of 31 August (Kabul time), not long after the final American flight had left, the Taliban marched into the airport, firing their guns into the air in celebration ...

  5. Special report: One year on, refugees from Afghanistan find ...

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    Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a three-part series on Afghan refugees marking one year since the U.S. withdrew its military from Afghanistan, ending its longest war. The series ...

  6. Impact of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    Afghan refugees resettled per 100K residents after the 2021 Afghan withdrawal and evacuation in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia, according to CBS News. As of 2020, Pakistan has taken in the largest number of Afghan refugees, followed by Iran. Smaller numbers have taken refuge in India, Indonesia and Tajikistan.

  7. UN Human Rights Chief ‘alarmed’ by reported abuse of Afghan ...

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    As of the end of 2022, Pakistan hosted more than 1.3 million registered Afghan refugees and 427,000 people in “refugee-like situations” from Afghanistan, according to the United Nations ...

  8. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021. (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) First phase: 7 October 2001 – 28 December 2014. Second phase: 1 January 2015 – 30 August 2021 [34] [35] Location. Afghanistan [a] Result. Taliban victory [36] Islamic State–Taliban conflict and insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues.

  9. Operation Allies Refuge - Wikipedia

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    Operation Allies Refuge was an evacuation effort carried out by the United States during the 2021 Taliban offensive.It took place in the final weeks of the War in Afghanistan and saw the airlifting of certain at-risk Afghan civilians (particularly coalition-allied interpreters), employees of the American embassy in Kabul, and other prospective applicants for the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).