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Afghan migration to Pakistan dates back to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, which led to over three million Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan. [11] Significant waves of Afghan refugees also came to Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and in 2021 when the Taliban returned to power following the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. [12]
Forcibly deporting Afghans from Pakistan could lead to severe human rights violations — including the separation of families and deportation of minors, the United Nations warned Saturday.
An international media watchdog is urging Pakistan not to deport more than 200 Afghan journalists who fled their homeland after the Taliban regained control in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces ...
Afghans in Pakistan (Urdu: افغان مهاجرين, Afghān muhājirīn, lit. ' Afghan migrants ') are temporary residents from Afghanistan, some of who are registered in Pakistan as refugees and asylum seekers. [2] The registered fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Pakistan, home to more than 1.7 million people who have fled violence in neighboring Afghanistan, is launching a mass deportation of “illegal immigrants,” authorities said Tuesday.
Following his resignation, the crisis between Pakistan and Afghanistan was resolved and Pakistan re-opened the trade routes. [53] After the removal of Daoud Khan, the King installed a new prime minister and started creating a balance in Afghanistan's relation with the West and the Soviet Union, [53] which angered the Soviet Union. [51]
Between 1997 and end of 2007, only 844 Afghans [2] were granted refugee status in Russia. Between 2002 and 2007, only 548 Afghans [2] were voluntarily repatriated from Russia with the help of UNHCR. In 2021, the Russian government requested that 1,000 Afghans be allowed to fly from Afghanistan to Russia following the 2021 Taliban offensive.
Pakistan’s top court opened a hearing Friday on a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the forceful deportation of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk ...