Pakistan has forcibly deported hundreds of Afghans awaiting relocation to the United States, alleges an America-based organisation.
‘Afghan Evac’ authority said on Tuesday.
After the August 2021 political change in Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans left for Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in the hope of relocation to the United States.
The AfghanEvac, comprised of multiple humanitarian organisations, said on Tuesday Pakistani authorities had disregarded the recommendation letters from the US embassy in Islamabad.
It added, Pakistan’s action had spelled trouble for the evicted Afghans because the US embassy in Kabul has been closed and such Afghans would have to go to a third country in quest of consular services.
The government of Pakistan launched a deportation campaign on November 1 against more than a million undocumented aliens — most of them Afghans.
Islamabad also accuses Kabul of harbouring Pakistani militant. But the interim government in Kabul rejects the allegation as groundless.
According to UN figures, since November 1, around 450,000 Afghan refugees have been deported to their home country.
The AfghanEvac claimed at least 130 Afghans, whose documents were processed in the US for special immigration visas, had been deported from Pakistan.
Shawn Van Diver, the organisation head, blamed Pakistani police for arresting 230 Afghan refugees but 80 of them were released later on.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West travelled to Pakistan from December 5 to 15 and discussed with his interlocutors Afghan refugees’ problems.
At that time, some American sources said Pakistan had given two more months for the relocation of the Afghans to the US.
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