KABUL (Pajhwok): Amnesty International (AI) has asked Pakistan to immediately halt continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees.
From September 2023 to February 2024, Pakistan has deported 527, 981 Afghan refugees with little regard to international human rights law, particularly the principle of non-refoulement.
“Thousands of Afghan refugees are being used as political pawns to be returned to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan where their life and physical integrity could be at risk amidst an intensified crackdown on human rights and an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. No one should be subjected to mass forced deportations, and Pakistan would do well . . .
