An appeals court has briefly extended protections for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.

An appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from revoking deportation protections and work permits for thousands of people from Afghanistan.

By bnm Tehran bureau Around 800,000 Afghans have left Iran from the beginning of 2025 until July 16, with more than 70% departing voluntarily, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni claimed, Donya-e Eqtesad reported on July 17.

Iran has been expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghans—- threatening stability and worsening Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis

More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.

THE Government is still battling in courts to keep details of the Afghan data leak secret – despite condemnations of a two year gagging clause that kept parliament and the public in the dark.