Forced deportation of asylum seekers with documents strain relations with Kabul

According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, “Mohammed Ali Saif, the spokesman of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state, referring to the beginning of the process of mass deportation of Afghans with legal documents in this country, clarified that Afghan nationals living legally in Pakistan should not be “harassed or deported”.

He further warned that any action in this field could strain the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The federal government of Pakistan is the second stage of expelling refugees. Afghan has started from this country since Monday (April 27); In this process, Afghans holding residence cards (ACC/Afghan Citizen Card) are supposed to be identified and deported.

The spokesperson of the local government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told “Dawn News” that all illegal asylum seekers Afghans in this state have already been sent back to their country, and currently there is no action against Afghan nationals with legal residency documents.

Sif added that only Afghans who Those who have remained in this state, according to the laws of Pakistan and international resolutions of organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, have the Afghan citizenship card.

He stated: The federal government has only mandated to check the number of legal Afghans in the state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and finally the survey showed that 359 thousand legal citizens live in this state.

This senior Tehreek-e-Insaf member clarified: If we are ordered to deport them (legal Afghans), we will talk to the authorities. Deporting illegal Afghans was justified, but we cannot persecute Afghans living here legally.

Sif also warned that any action against legal Afghans would cause It will provoke hatred, misunderstanding and mistrust between us and Afghanistan.

The spokesperson of the local government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has already stated that there is “no evidence” that shows Afghan refugees living in this state with residency documents have been involved in security incidents in Pakistan.

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