Two Filipinos were unable to leave Afghanistan on Thursday following the two incidents of suicide bombings outside Kabul airport, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. Department of Foreign Affairs The DFA said the two Filipinos were at the airport earlier in the day when the deadly...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday, Aug. 27 said there were no Filipino casualties in the twin suicide bombings at Kabul airport that killed dozens of people, including at least 13 United States (US) service members. DFA Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy Eduardo Meñez said...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday confirmed the arrival of three more Filipinos evacuated from Kabul and transited via Doha, Qatar. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) An estimated 185 Filipinos have already left the Afghan capital mostly through foreign military planes or...
Two Filipinos who are part of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders were evacuated out of Kabul and are now in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. 22 Filipinos from Kabul arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International...
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Afghanistan shared how they evaded gunshots and tear gas to get to safer grounds after the Taliban overran the country. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies / AFP Rio Fabe said his team immediately rushed to the airport after they were...
A Filipino volunteer doctor has decided to stay in Afghanistan to help save lives amid the Taliban takeover of the country. PHOTO FROM EVANGELINE CUA'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT/ MANILA BULLETIN Evangeline Cua, a surgeon at Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Kunduz Trauma Center arrived in Afghanistan last...
A total of 22 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Afghanistan arrived in the country as the Philippine government continue to account as many of Pinoy workers for their transport back home. photo: Ariel Fernandez The 22 Filipinos are workers in Afghanistan who joined the British soldiers on their...
At least 36 Filipinos who managed to leave Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in Manila today and tomorrow via separate flights from Singapore, the United Kingdom and, Qatar, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Tuesday. Department of Foreign...
The Department of Foreign Affair (DFA) will yield to the Justice department when it comes to the acceptance of Afghan nationals who wish to seek refugee status in the Philippines. Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the...
Four Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in northern Afghanistan are appealing to the Philippine government for repatriation. Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance gate outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul on August 17, 2021. Javed Tanveer / AFP In GMA's Unang Hirit report, Alfonso Dorado, an...
Why we’ll continue to work in Afghanistan By Christopher Stokes and Jonathan Whittall HEALTH WORKER HEROES Frontliners from Médecins Sans Frontières, with their principle of neutrality, tend to all patients from regular Afghan civilians to US soldiers and Taliban forces As US forces withdraw...
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a total of seven Filipinos departed Kabul for Almaty, Kazakhstan – five of them left Sunday while the other two left the Afghan capital last week but the department has only recently confirmed their whereabouts. Afghans gather on a roadside...
