Khaama: Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai stated on Friday that Pakistan’s interim government plans to deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January next year. “The caretaker government is trying to deport all illegal Afghan immigrants by January. After that, the government would announce a time frame for repatriating the remaining Afghan immigrants,” Achakzai said at
By Khujasta Kabiri, Fayeza Ibrahimi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 15, 2023 Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan families have fled to neighboring Pakistan. Some escaped their homeland so that their daughters could continue their education, following the Taliban’s ban on women attending university and teenage girls from going to school.
By Jawid Hasanzada Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 13, 2023 As Afghans living illegally in Iran and Pakistan come under increased risk of deportation, soldiers who fought against the now-ruling Taliban fear a return to their homeland will mean certain death. Tens of thousands of former members of the Afghan National Security Forces — which included
Khaama: In a statement released on Sunday, the Ministry [of Migrant Affairs] reported that as of Saturday, November 11, a total of 6,101 Afghan migrants have returned to the country through the Torkham and Spin Boldak borders. According to the Ministry’s statement, 720 families, comprising 4,207 individuals, including 82 individuals who were forcibly returned, have
Ayaz Gul Sarah Zaman VOA News November 10, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced Friday that it had extended, after a delay of four months, the legal residence status of about 1.4 million Afghan refugees until year-end, though it again rejected calls to halt deportations of all undocumented Afghans and other foreign nationals. The announcement comes as
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 10, 2023 Pakistan has announced the expansion of its ongoing drive to expel undocumented refugees, saying it will soon also begin deporting millions of Afghans living legally in the country back to Afghanistan. More than 300,000 primarily undocumented Afghans have left Pakistan after Islamabad announced last month that more than 1.7 million undocumented
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azad November 4, 2023 Pakistan opened more border centers on November 3 to hasten the return of tens of thousands of undocumented Afghans, two days after the deadline to leave or face expulsion expired. But as Pakistan accelerates the forced deportations, many Afghans with valid visas and documents issued by
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 1, 2023 Pakistan on November 1 began rounding up undocumented foreigners, the vast majority of them Afghans, hours ahead of the deadline for them to evacuate the country. The country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement before the midnight deadline that “a process to arrest the foreigners…for deportation” had begun, but that
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 31, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Tens of thousands of Afghan migrants on trucks and other vehicles rushed to the border Tuesday, the last day of an official deadline for all foreigners without legal status to depart Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and forcible expulsion. Pakistani officials have reported that refugee families, many
Sidra Dar VOA News October 27, 2023 KARACHI, PAKISTAN — It was an emotional scene at Sohrab Goth bus terminal when Jannat Bibi, a 50-year-old Afghan woman, bid farewell to the only home her children have ever known. After 35 years in Karachi, she and her eight children were making the difficult journey back to Afghanistan.