Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 12, 2023 at 10:04 PM
The Afghans who were deported from Pakistan following Islamabad’s deadline for undocumented refugees, said that they are struggling with cold weather.
The deportees said that they were forced to leave everything behind in Pakistan and that they are now facing dire conditions.
Pari Gul, 80, was living in Pakistan for 40 years.
“We have spent 40 years in Pakistan. We have done farming. They have forcefully deported us. If they give us anything, we will be happy. We don’t have house and land,” she said.
Last month, Pakistan announced it would expel over 1.73 million undocumented Afghan refugees after November 1.
The deportees meanwhile voiced concerns about their situation as the weather is getting cold in many areas of Afghanistan.
“We cannot do farming and we don’t have any house. We want the Taliban to help us,” said Zahir, a deportee.
The interim Afghan government prepared a terminal in Kabul’s Sarai Shamali area as a camp for the deportees. The camp has more than 50 tents and it has the capacity to hold 500 people.
“This is an emergency process. They will be staying for one or two nights in the terminal. We provide them with all facilities,” said Kabir Kabir Khil, head of the terminal.
The spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran, said that they have taken the preparation to help the Afghans being deported from Pakistan.
The Pakistan’s decision to deport undocumented Afghan refugees, faced strong reactions of the international community.
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