Kabul, Feb 17 (IANS) The forced deportation of Afghan migrants from Pakistan through the Torkham crossing has increased before Ramzan, local media reported on Tuesday. Pakistan police’s raids on homes, mistreatment and harsh conditions are among the factors that Afghan migrants said have made life difficult for them there, Afghanistan-based media outlet Tolo News reported.Hamesh Gul, who was recently deported to Afghanistan along with his wife and children after nearly five decades, said that al…
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Kabul, Feb 13 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s recent statement that his country acted as a “hired force” in Afghanistan is one of the most direct admission of a policy failure. His remarks expose Pakistan’s internal reckoning with its Afghan policy and indicate a renewed effort to shift responsibility for Islamabad’s security crisis onto Kabul, a report mentioned. In his recent remarks in Pakistan’s National Assembly after the Islamabad suicide attack, Asif condemned terrorism an…
Kabul, Feb 13 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock Ataullah Omari has slammed neighbouring nations for their policy of deporting Afghan refugees, saying that host nations have deported refugees breaching humanitarian principles, human rights and refugee rights, local media reported on Friday. He stated that more than 4.5 million Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from various nations since the start of the expulsion process, Afghanistan-based media ou…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan has planned to deport nearly 20,000 Afghan refugees who have been waiting for resettlement in the United States, local media reported on Tuesday. Pakistan’s federal government will issue orders for senior provincial authorities and police in Islamabad, Balochistan, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) to facilitate the deportation of Afghan refugees, Afghanistan’s leading Khaama Press agency h…
Kabul, Jan 29 (IANS) Several Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have urged Pakistani government and Afghan authorities to resolve existing challenges through talks and provide them adequate time to return to Afghanistan gradually with dignity, local media reported on Thursday. These refugees stated that rapid deportations and increasing pressure has caused serious challenges for Afghan residents. Haji Nazar, one of the Afghan refugees, requested Pakistani government to give them three-month time…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Afghan prisoners being sent back from Pakistan jails have been recounting tales of abuse and repression in detention, with some claiming incarceration without reason, say reports from Kabul. Pakistan has once again intensified the arrest, detention, and forced deportation of Afghan refugees, according to Afghanistan’s Tolo News on Tuesday. Last week, over 500 Afghans released from Pakistani prisons were handed over to Afghan authorities at Spin Boldak, it reported.Spin…
Kabul, Dec 28 (IANS) Over 2,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a Taliban official said on Sunday. Sharing the High Commission for Addressing Migrants Issues report on X, Taliban deputy spokesperson Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat stated that 668 families, comprising 2,553 people, returned to Afghanistan on Saturday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.He stated that Afghan returnees travelled to Afghanistan through Bahramcha in Helmand, Islam Qala crossing in Hera…