- Kabul says ‘will create favorable conditions for receiving refugees returning home from Pakistan’
Islamabad: On Wednesday, the Foreign Office of Pakistan (FO) denied a statement claiming that Afghan refugees in Pakistan were “abused and arrested without a warning or formal correspondence”, from which It is clear that Afghan refugees are treated with “respect and dignity” in the country.
In a statement, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan said that the claim made by acting Afghan charge de Affairs was “in the wrong place”, and it was hoped that Kabul Pakistan From the returning home, the refugees will create favorable conditions to receive.
The spokesperson’s comments took place a day after the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad, in a statement echoing the words of Acting Afghan Charge de Affairs, alleging that Afghan refugees in Pakistan were “warning or formal correspondence.” Without being arrested “and the Pakistani government intended to deport all Afghans, even the documents that they are allowed to be allowed to do.
The embassy alleged that Afghan nationals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi have recently been ordered by police arrests, search and police to leave the twin cities and move to other parts of Pakistan.
A FO spokesman said, “I want to remind him that Pakistan has hosted millions of Afghans for decades, while traditional hospitality, sharing its resources and services like education and health, here. Even with very little international support. “
He added that there are mechanisms within Pakistan’s illegal foreigners’ repatriation plans (IFRP) “to ensure that there is no abuse or harassment with anyone during the return process.”
Khan added, “We also engaged in the Afghan citizens to ensure the return of Afghan citizens easily.” “Although Pakistan has done what it has done, we expect interim Afghan authorities to create favorable conditions in Afghanistan to completely integrate those returning into Afghan society.”
Khan added, “The real test of Afghan authorities has to ensure that the rights of those who have been talked to the Afghan CDA (charge de Affairs) are safe in Afghanistan.”
IOM news has increased the return of Afghan refugees from the capital
In January this year, more than 18,000 Afghan citizens returned to their country from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, with the first fifteen days of return from the first fifteen days of the month.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the pace of deportation of Afghan citizens from Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and Rawalpindi has increased.
Between 16 and 31 January, a flu -monitoring registry (FMR) form was interviewed by the heads of 291 heads of houses, while 9,846 Afghan returning returns indicate Terkham, Chaman, Ghulam Khan, Badini, And the border of the deaf was done through crossing points.
The IOM said that at least 824,568 people have returned to Afghanistan from September 15, 2023, while a total of 2 % (18,577) has returned from January 2025.
The majority of those returning are people between the ages of 18 to 59 years (46pc) and 5 to 17 years of age (30pc). Of the 10 years of children crossing the border, 502 received polio vaccination.
The two -week report states that 10 of the returning families were women with women’s heads, adding that during the aforementioned period, the children’s heads were not recorded. More than women (48pc) returned during the reporting period.
