Afghanistan: Pakistan Cracking Down on Afghans, Hundreds Arrested Daily

Recently, Pakistan has launched a cracking On Afghan Citizens. under the deportation drive, more than 8,000 afghan refugees have been sent back to aghanistan since arpil 1. pakistan had given afghan nationals a deadline until march 31 to leave the country. after the deadline ended strict action began against those who stayed. according to the reports, around 8,115 afghans have been deported through the torkham border since april1. most of them were arrested from different areas in punjab before being sent back. the Pakistani government continues to detain and deport afghan nationals every day as part of this ongoing campaign.

Pakistan Government Taking Strict Actions

The deportation drive is being carried out more more strictly in pakistan’s punjab province. authorities are actively arresting hundreds of afghan natioanls from the region every day. after being detained, these afghans are first taken to transit camps. at the transit camps, necessary procedures are completed before they are set back to afghanistan. among those detained and deported are women and children as well. the pakistan government continues to push forwards with this operation despite of growing the conern frominternational human right groups. now, the government is taking the strict measures to remove the afghan nationals who are living in pakistan illegally.

Pakistan government of pakistan is taking the strict measures and action towards these afghan nationals. as per the reports suggests, almost 6,700 afghans have been deported to afghanistan, where among them 1,755 were women. 2,072 were children and 2,874 were men. these all were moved to the transit camp before sent back to afghanistan. these transit camps were located in the landi kotal near peshawar. before being deported all afghan nationals had t go through necessary legal and identification procedures in the camp.

According to the government, these steps are the important part for the national security. as it is important to remove the undocumented afghanistani people from their country. the transit camp serves as a holding area where people are processed before being sent back to afghanistan. the large-scale deportation has caught attention of both local and international observers, with the some raising concerns abut the humanitarian impact especially on women and children.