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Afghan trainee chef has the recipe to make it in Hungary
27 Oct 2014 Six years ago, Zia Karimi was a teenager in Pakistan, his life in turmoil after fleeing Afghanistan. Now he is a trainee chef in a top Budapest hotel with a career plan. -
Minority families in Pakistan displaced by war but optimistic about peace
7 Jul 2014 Christian and Hindu families among the hundreds of thousands who have fled as the Pakistan army battles Pakistan Taliban in North Waziristan. -
Fresh fighting in Pakistan's North Waziristan displaces more than 75,000 into Afghanistan
2 Jul 2014 UNHCR and partners are working to coordinate relief efforts and deliver assistance, providing tents and other basic relief items to the most vulnerable. -
Fighting in Pakistan's North Waziristan region uproots more than 400,000
24 Jun 2014 The newly displaced are being registered in Saidgai, as well as Kurram and Alizai in Kurram Agency to the north-east of North Waziristan. -
Guterres spotlights needs of Afghan refugees in Pakistan; urges donor help
1 May 2014 UNHCR chief visits projects supported by the UN refugee agency in south-west Pakistan's Balochistan province and urges support for refugees and hosts. -
LEGO Foundation donates US$3 million to build a future for refugee children
24 Jan 2014 The donation will fund UNHCR education programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda and Yemen. -
Afghan father and daughter reunite with family after 20 years
10 Jun 2013 Deeba, who suffers from an intellectual disability, arrives in New York to a warm welcome from her siblings, who never gave up on finding a way to be reunited. -
Project in Pakistan ensures health services for both refugees and locals
27 May 2013 UNHCR is helping communities in Pakistan that for decades have hosted the world's biggest refugee population. -
Afghan returns pass 50,000 in first eight months, up on last year
30 Aug 2012 Some 40,000 of them came from Pakistan and just over 10,000 from Iran. About a third of the returnees went to the provinces of Kabul and Nangarhar.