8am: Local sources in Takhar report that the Taliban have gunned down a former local police commander of the previous government, Abdul Bashir, and his pregnant wife, who had recently been expelled from Pakistan, in a hail of gunfire in the province. Abdul Bashir had fled to Pakistan after the fall of the previous government
VOA News December 11, 2023 Afghan special forces trained and funded by Britain and who worked side-by-side with British troops in Afghanistan in the fight against the Taliban are now facing the possibility of being deported from Pakistan, where the Afghan troops and their families fled, according to a BBC report. The 200 special forces
India Today: Pakistan discovered that Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Interior Minister in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, was holding a Pakistani passport and cancelled it. Haqqani had used the passport to travel to Qatar for negotiations with the US. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently in jail, criticized the deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan on Thursday. “1.5 million refugees are not much of a burden for a nation of 250 million people. There is a fear of a permanent rift in the long-standing relationship between the two countries, considering the way Afghan
Khaama: General Asim Munir, the Chief of the Pakistan Army Staff, has emphasized his support for Pakistan’s decision to expel illegal migrants, stating that this action is in the best “interest” of Pakistan. Aasim Munir stated, “Illegal migrants are being repatriated to their country in a humane and dignified manner, following established norms.” On the
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 6, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani diplomat said Wednesday that nearly 450,000 Afghan nationals returned to their home country since his government announced two months ago that it would deport all undocumented foreigners. Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan, shared the latest data while addressing a seminar in the Pakistani
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani officials said Tuesday that the United States did not object to Islamabad’s deportation of Afghan nationals who are illegally residing in the country but requested the process be slowed down during winter. The crackdown on undocumented foreigners, including 1.7 million Afghans, came under discussion at a
Sarah Zaman VOA News December 5, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A roadside blast caused by a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, or IED, wounded seven people Tuesday, including four children in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to area police, a preliminary investigation of the site found that 4 kilograms of explosives were
VOA News December 5, 2023 The leader of a Pakistan ethnic group has been detained after authorities said armed men in his vehicle opened fire on police. Raja Athar Abbas, the deputy commissioner of the northcentral city of Chaman, which sits on the border with Afghanistan, said that Manzoor Pashteen was arrested in connection with
Michael Hughes: New Delhi’s policy towards Kabul since the Taliban takeover would probably impress the likes of one of the most famous realist practitioners in modern history – Henry Kissinger, who passed away at the age of 100 this week. Hindu nationalist India’s nuanced approach to the radical Sunni regime is in one sense somewhat