‘Afghan immigrant’ launches unprovoked attack on lone woman in London street and tries…

‘Afghan immigrant’ launches unprovoked attack on lone woman in London street and tries…

7 July 2023, 05:33 | Updated: 7 July 2023, 06:46 Gulwali Stanekzay was given three years in prison for the attack. Picture: Met Police This is the moment a man tried to... Read more »
‘A hotel is not home’: Afghan families still wait for a place of their own in UK | Immigration and asylum

‘A hotel is not home’: Afghan families still wait for a place of their own in UK | Immigration and asylum

The west London hotel where Fawzia Amini, a senior Afghan judge, her husband and their four daughters have lived for the last nine months has comfortable sofas in the foyer, a restaurant... Read more »
the London cricket club bowled over by Afghan refugees

the London cricket club bowled over by Afghan refugees

In the picturesque surroundings of Roehampton and Fulham Cricket Club in south-west London, the familiar sound of leather on willow rings out among the trees on a summer afternoon. However, unlike in... Read more »
Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo | Refugees

Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo | Refugees

In late September 2021, Firas, his wife and four-month-old son have been checked in to a smart Hilton business hotel in London. With green velvet sofas in the lobby and pink orchids... Read more »
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Boy, 16, accused of stabbing 18-year-old Afghan refugee to death denies murder

Boy, 16, accused of stabbing 18-year-old Afghan refugee to death during a fight on a footbridge in London denies murder as he appears in court A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing an... Read more »
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Afghan refugees given free QPR tickets and football kits after arriving in UK

Afghan refugees in London have been treated to top football match tickets, free team shirts and regular football training sessions by big clubs. Premier League side Chelsea have joined the Championship’s Fulham... Read more »
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Afghan boy, 11, goes missing in London weeks after arriving in the UK | UK news

A young boy from Afghanistan has gone missing less than a month after arriving in the UK. Metropolitan police detectives have launched a high-risk missing persons investigation as they search for 11-year-old... Read more »
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Afghan refugee stabbed to death in London in front of schoolchildren | UK news

A teenage Afghan refugee was stabbed to death on a sports field in south-west London in front of schoolchildren playing rugby. The victim, named as 18-year-old Hazrat Wali, from Notting Hill, was... Read more »
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‘I was born in war’: an Afghan family’s joy at resettlement in UK | Immigration and asylum

An intricately handwoven rug is one of the few things British embassy worker Shukoor Sangar and his family were able to bring with them when they were hastily airlifted out of Kabul... Read more »
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The Day – Afghan refugees resettling in Old Lyme, New London

After fleeing their homeland amidst the Taliban takeover, two refugee families from Afghanistan are settling into southeastern Connecticut communities, ready to rebuild their lives. Last week, a family of seven moved into... Read more »