The diplomats of the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that the neighboring Pakistan is implementing a scheme for “adjacent” of about three million Afghan refugees from its region and rapidly large -scale exile.
The Taliban-Interested Embassy in Islamabad issued a statement, ending the untoward days about the ongoing police action to arrest and remove Afghan citizens, including legal refugees from the city of Pakistani capital and Rawalpindi.
The Afghan diplomatic mission said that Pakistan did not formally inform Kabul about its latest refugee exile plans. It said that several attested were made through diplomatic channels to seek clarification from the host government about the removal and removal of Afghan National from two cities.
Wednesday’s statement said, “Finally, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry officials confirmed that all Afghan refugees not only have a fixed and final plan to deport/remove Oslamabad and Rawalpindi.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif reacted the Taliban about three weeks after approving a multistage scheme targeting the Afghan refugee population in the country. They include more than 1.4 million legally declared refugees, including UNHCR-subsidized proofs registration cards, or posters, which have been allowed by Pakistan to live in the country till June 30, 2025.
The rest of the population includes around 900,000 documented economic migrants holding the Afghan Citizenship Card (ACC), estimated that the estimated 40,000 is estimated that transfer has been promised to the United States or other Western countries, and fortnight legal is legal The people living in the situation accelerated their visa period.
The Taliban Embassy said on Wednesday that Pakistani officials informed that only Afghan citizens with legitimate legal visas would be prepared to live in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The statement said, “He further said that the government has decided to immediately remove all Afghan refugees, including ACC and Por cards from Islamabad and Rawalpindi and their removal from all over the country is adjacent.”
The UNHCR has confirmed that the Pakistani government plans to take out all Afghan refugees from Islamabad and Rawalpindi by 28 February, leaving the holder of a valid visa.
The Afghan Embassy mentioned that it expressed “serious concerns” to Islamabad and international organizations “a short time limit within the collective expulsion of Afghan refugees and the discovery of a unilateral nature of Pakistan’s decision.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry rejected the abuse of the abuse of the Taliban Embassy, which was misrepresented during the deflation process as an abuse of Afghan citizens. “In this regard, the Afghan side is so widespread to ensure the smooth repatriation of Afghan National,” Shafakat Ali Khan said in a letter statement.
The exile scheme seen by VOA requires officers to transfer around 40,000 Afghans from Islamabad and Rawalpindi by 31 March and later their repatriation is provided for Afghanistan if their transfer and rehabilitation cases are processed in third countries Is not done. Fast. The thesis individuals ran away from their country after the Taliban military controlled it in 2021, primarily demanded a potential retro to shelter due to his affiliation with the US and NATO forces.
Last month, President Donald Trump stopped the US refugee entry program to assess whether it restores that it meets Washington’s interests, has been approved for thousands of Afghan colleagues in Pakistan, or in America The transfer is being done.
UNHCR says that since 2023, more than 825,000 unspecittered Afghans have already been forcibly forcibly from Pakistan, resulting in a government action against foreigners living in the country without legal permission or whose visa was abandoned .
Islamabad has defended the rift, which has recently increased in crime in Pakistan and extremism for Afghan National.
