Seven Pakistani nationals narrowly escaped detention to Afghanistan after the authorities confirmed their true identities after initially suspecting them of being Afghan immigrants, Dawn reported citing sources.
Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai on Friday highlighted that Pakistan will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January 2024, according to Khaama Press.
Following Afghanistan's reaction to the forced expulsion of Afghan migrants from Pakistan, Mohammad Arsalan Kharoti, Deputy Minister of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), called Pakistan's decision to deport Afghan immigrants from their country "rushed", reported TOLO News.
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed deputy of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) Mohammad Arsala Kharoti has called Pakistan's decision to deport Afghan immigrants from the country "rushed", TOLO News reported.
A large number of those returning home, especially women and children, lack adequate facilities after their repatriation. Many of them don't have their houses as they had left the country decades back while tens of thousands were born in Pakistan.
The first group of Afghan immigrants are set to be repatriated to Afghanistan through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Torkham border, Dawn reported on Thursday.
"But unfortunately, after the establishment of the interim Afghan govt, there has been a 60 per cent increase in terror incidents and 500 pc rise in suicide attacks in Pakistan," added Pak caretaker PM.
It reported that the officials on the Pakistan side of the border said illegal immigrants were being processed as a matter of routine for their repatriation to Afghanistan when the Afghan authorities closed the border crossing for movement at 7 pm, hours ahead of the schedule, leaving as man
Taliban acting Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai warned Islamabad to treat Afghan immigrants appropriately and not to force Afghans to react against their actions, TOLO News reported.
Pakistan's move to forcefully expel foreign migrants, including illegal Afghan refugees, has sparked international reactions in recent days, TOLO News reported.