Afghans in a sentence

Traditionally, Afghans have depended upon charity and help from fellow Afghans in times of crisis.

Afghans fighting Afghans does not threaten, and has nothing to do with, our national security.

At the time of his arrival in Shahr-i Babak, a formal local governor was engaged in a campaign to drive out the Afghans from the city's citadel, and Hasan Ali Shah joined him in forcing the Afghans to surrender.

Afghans are an untapped resource for a labour shortage in Canada and many other countries.

Afghans congregate on a mound of rubble in the wake of the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Herat.

Afghans who have fled Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are living in makeshift camps on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing.

And although the scheme was and remains flawed, there were also special measures to bring Afghans in danger from the Taliban to Britain.

At least 530 Afghans have been deported from Pakistan so far this year, according to Haseeb Aafaq, a spokesman for volunteer group the Afghanistan Immigrants Refugees Council.

Bring them here and help them as we did those boat people in the ’70s, and watch as Afghans thrive as Vietnamese have.

Campaigners say Afghans who helped British troops could be forced into homelessness as ministers confirmed plans to end their stays in taxpayer-funded hotels.

City of Edinburgh Council said its teams were working with 241 Afghans.

Danielle Macdonald, an associate anthropology professor at the school, has organized a regular meetup between TU students and college-aged Afghans who have settled in the Tulsa area.

David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, said: “This report highlights staggering neglect of Afghans by the member states of the European Union, which puts them at risk at every step of their journeys in search of protection.

Eddie Campbell, from Essex Integration, a project which supports Afghans in hotels, said they called letting agents regarding 60-70 properties per week, but "less than 1% will actually take a family on".

Families at the Torkham border crossing in eastern Afghanistan, among the 70,000 Afghans who have returned from Pakistan in recent weeks.

GT have reposed their faith in two Afghans and an Irishman, who form the crux of their team.

Hollywood director Guy Ritchie said it is “morally reprehensible” for Afghans who worked alongside British and US forces to be denied safe passage to the UK.

Home Office figures show that Afghans are now the largest group of small boat migrants, having overtaken Albanians in the autumn, while the number of Iranians, Iraqis and Syrians is also high.

Immigration statistics show that Albanians made up 28% of arrivals to the UK by small boat in 2022, the largest proportion of any nationality, followed by Afghans (20%).

Includes photographs by Luke Powell joined by illustrated pages from medieval manuscripts from an Islamic court and depictions of Afghans living outside the country.