Taliban Embassy Says No Action Taken By UN To Prevent Harassment Of Afghan Refugees In Pak
The Taliban embassy in Islamabad announced that the UN refugee agency has not taken any action to prevent the harassment of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. This embassy claimed that Afghan refugees in Pakistan are still facing serious challenges.
On the occasion of World Refugee Day on Tuesday, the Taliban embassy had expressed concern about the situation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and stressed that the Pakistani police have been arresting and harassing Afghan refugees.
The Taliban embassy in Islamabad asked the Pakistani police to stop harassing Afghans. The embassy has also asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Islamabad and other refugee organisations to pay attention to the problems of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
Over the past few months, Pakistani police has arrested thousands of Afghan refugees and has deported many of them to Afghanistan.
The Taliban embassy in Islamabad emphasised that they had tried to intervene in the situation and have been able to release around 4,000 Afghan refugees from Pakistani prisons.
In recent days, the Pakistani police has increased crackdown against Afghan refugees in various cities of Pakistan.
