Afghanistan Peace CampaignEarlier, the Pakistani media reported 1,700 illegal Afghan refugees have recently been deported from Pakistan.
As the November 1 deadline determined by the Pakistani interim government for the Afghan refugees to leave approaches, pressure is mounting on the Afghan nationals who are recognized as “illegal” migrants by Islamabad.
The Afghan refugees told TOLOnews that they are being detained under various pretexts by the Pakistani police and forced to leave the country.
“They detain the Afghans who are without visas and legal documents and deport them to Afghanistan,’ said Faizullah Turk, an Afghan refugee.
“If the refugees don’t leave Afghanistan soon, they will come under police pressure which will eventually force them to leave the country,” said Mir Ahmad Rauf, head of an Afghan refugees council.
Earlier, the Pakistani media reported 1,700 illegal Afghan refugees have recently been deported from Pakistan.
The Consulate of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Pakistan, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said that more than 1,000 Afghan refugees are in the prisons of Pakistan.
“Within this period of one month, 120,000 Afghan refugees left Pakistan and returned to the country,” he said.
Meanwhile, political analysts said that the harassment of Afghan refugees can affect the relations between Kabul and Islamabad.
Pakistan’s decision to expel Afghan refugees faced a strong reaction of the international organizations including the UN.