Red Cross official seeks staggered return of Afghans from Pakistan
Voice of America
FILE - Afghan refugee children warm themselves near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2023, after their repatriation from Pakistan. More than 800,000 Afghans are expected to return to Afghanistan this year; about half are children. FILE - Alexander Matheou, regional director, Asia Pacific Region for the International Federation of the Red Cross, speaks to the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec, 2, 2021.
Changes are being urged to plans for returning thousands of Afghan citizens from Pakistan to make the process more effective.
Residents from Vovchansk and nearby villages wait for buses amid an evacuation due to Russian shelling, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location near the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 10, 2024. Members of the Azov Brigade attend the funeral of their late comrade Nazary Gryntsevych, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed on the battlefield, in Vinnytsia on May 10, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.