KABUL (Pajwhok): To address issues of Afghans returning from Pakistan in an effective and swift manner, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has ordered the formation of a special commission.
The Presidential Palace wrote on its X handle that based on guidance from Supreme Leader Maulvi Hibatullah Akhundza, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund.
Relevant ministers attended the meeting that conferred on problems of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
The meeting formed a special commission to address the issues of the returnees coming back from the neighbouring country in an appropriate and timely manner.
The participants tasked a committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi with defining duties of the commission as soon as possible.
Pakistani security forces have launched a crackdown on the Afghan refugees in that country. So far, they have arrested a thousand refugees and. But around 400 of them, who had legal residency documents, were recently released.
The Afghan embassy in Islamabad said the bodies of four Afghans had been found in hospitals and other places
State-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported the interim government of Pakistan had decided to evict 1.1 million Afghan refugees. Some of the foreigners wee involved in creating insecurity in that country, it alleged.
But the IEA spokesman insisted Afghan refugees were not involved in fuelling insecurity in Pakistan. He asked the interim government to reconsider its decision about the eviction of refugees.
Mujahid said: “As long as Afghan refugees don’t return to their country voluntarily, the government of Pakistan should exercise patience and restraint.”
Defence Minister Maulvi Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has deplored Pakistan’s decision to expel illegal Afghan refugees, calling it “barbaric”. On Thursday, he asked Pakistani people and politicians to stop the government from enforcing the plan.
He said: “This decision is unjust and unfair. We want the Pakistani nation, politicians and scholars to stop the authorities from implementing this barbaric decision.”
He warned the move could harm relations between the neighbours.
A number of international organisations, including the United Nations, have also called on Pakistan not to evict the refugees by force.
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