Pakistan: Forced captivity of Afghan refugees continues, 2.239 sent home

Islamabad, April 18 (IANS). Pakistan has speeded up the process of returning Afghan refugees. Below were more than 2,239 Afghans via Torkham border sent to Afghanistan. According to local media reports, the process of sending a large number of people back on Thursday continued after the 31 -year -old deadline. Khyber’s Deputy Commissioner, Bilal Shahid, told the Express Tribune that the refugees returned to live in various districts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkun. From the people who arrived at the transport camp, 894 Afghan citizens had no documents, while 636 had Afghan citizens (ACC). In addition, 709 Afghans were brought directly to the border of Torkham from different areas of Kashmir occupied by Punjab and Pakistan. On Wednesday, a high -level delegation is led by Afghanistan’s industry and Minister of Trade Nooruddin Aziji to Pakistan. In a statement released on Thursday, the minister said it was very important to talk to Pakistan for an effective solution to return Afghan refugees. According to a report from the Afghan government Bakhtar News Agency, the minister advocated the voluntary return of the refugees, saying that it should follow the rules determined by UNHCR (the United Nations Refugee Agency) so that the process was safely and respected. The number of Afghan people returning from Pakistan is increasing. Recently, many people who have reached Torkham border Afghanistan said they do not now have a home to live or land to build homes. According to the Afghan media channel Tolo News, Pravasi Mohammad Nabi, who was fired from Pakistan, said: “We want jobs for us. We don’t have at home or land. All our goods are left behind. We didn’t work or anyone had arranged for work. But at the moment our biggest need is.” According to Afghan media, many Afghan migrants said that Pakistani police treated him very badly while being expelled from Pakistan. The police recovered money from different excuses from their and their attitude was very loud. Refugees who were fired by force also said that Pakistani managers had to take advantage of their coercion and had to pay a lot of price for the trip. -Ians shk/mk share this story tags