Pak FM Defends Decision To Deport Afghan Immigrants From Pakistan

Massoud at the Sciences Po University in Paris said that these two issues were among his official demands during his meetings with French officials.

On Thursday, Massoud stressed, "You must recognise two important issues in Afghanistan: firstly, the gender apartheid against women and secondly, the genocide of the Hazaras."

"We need to stand together," said the leader of the National Resistance Front. “It doesn't matter what our race, religion, or belief is. We must be united, work together, learn from the past, and fight against evil."

Ali Maisam Nazary, head of the foreign relations of the National Resistance Front, also wrote on social media platform X that Massoud emphasised on the "significant progress of the resistance" over the past two years of the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan.

Ahmad Massoud has been in France for several days and has participated in various meetings, including addressing the European Parliament.

After the extensive restrictions that the Taliban imposed on Afghan women, several women and human rights activists have widely demanded the recognition of the "gender apartheid" in Afghanistan. According to these human rights defenders, the Taliban has deprived women of basic and basic rights in Afghanistan.

Also, a significant number of human rights activists and experts believe that the persecution and "targeted killing" that has been carried out against the Hazaras in Afghanistan for years is a part of "genocidal” killings of this ethnic group.

These activists also demand the recognition of the "genocide of the Hazaras" in Afghanistan.

Vahidi stated that illegal migrants should definitely not remain in the country and those who are living legally, should consider the environment they live in.

According to IRNA news agency, he told reporters on Thursday that the organisation of immigrants means that the presence of these people should be structured in a defined framework and follow orders.

Since the Taliban’s takeover of power in Afghanistan, a large number Afghans took refuge in various countries, including Iran and Pakistan. Both countries have deported thousands of people back to Afghanistan in the past few months, and the deportation has intensified recently.

The government of Pakistan has set November 1 as the deadline for all the immigrants living illegally in the country to voluntarily leave.

In a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, Pakistan's Interior Minister, Sarfraz Bugti had said that the property of illegal immigrants in the country will be confiscated after the deadline.

According to the Pakistani government, 4.4 million Afghans are currently living in Pakistan.

Based on the recent statements of the Iranian Minister of Interior, nearly five million Afghans live in Iran.

Vahidi said, "The US pushed Afghanistan to this situation and imposed many atrocities on the people of Afghanistan, so the people of this country had no choice, but to migrate to other countries. The main issue from our side is the issue of organising immigrants."

Durrani asked the Taliban to hand over TTP members to Islamabad or eliminate their threat.

On Thursday, Asif Durrani spoke about Afghanistan at the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad. During his speech, Durrani acknowledged that Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan has always been difficult, but he praised that the Afghan governments did not collude with India, Pakistan's enemy.

He was referring to the two wars between India and Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, when Afghanistan declared neutrality despite political and border disputes with Pakistan and friendly relations with India.

He said that "negotiations are underway on Afghan soil" to end TTP attacks, however, he added that at this time, he could not provide more details about the negotiations to the public.

Durrani stated that currently, Pakistan doesn’t blame the Taliban regime [for the TTP attacks], however, they expect the Taliban to contribute to maintaining peace in their border areas.

He added that TTP members who have taken refuge in Afghanistan should either return to Pakistan or that threat should be neutralised.

Durrani said that Pakistani militias use modern weapons that remained in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal.

The Pakistani representative expressed support for the commencement of dialogue and reconciliation in Afghanistan. However, he argued that the Doha Agreement is not a viable foundation for political talks. According to him, it is essential to identify the necessary steps for reconciliation and dialogue among Afghanistan's political factions.

He said that only Afghans have the ability to establish a normal situation in Afghanistan, not the neighbouring countries, including Pakistan.

On Thursday, the organisation reported that a week had passed since the Taliban forcibly detained this women's rights activist from her home in Afghanistan.

"We must not forget them and all other civic activists in Taliban's prisons," wrote Freedom Now on social media platform X.

Zholia Parsi, the head of the Spontaneous Movement of Women Protestors, had been detained from her house in Kabul with her child on September 27. Earlier, the Taliban had also detained Neda Parwani another member of the Spontaneous Movement of Women Protestors, from her house in Khair Khana area of Kabul. Parwani had also been detained along with her husband and child.

Zholia Parsi and Neda Parwani are members of a group of women's rights activists in Afghanistan who protested peacefully against the anti-women policies of Taliban since the group’s takeover of power in 2021.

During the past two years, the Taliban has continuously responded to the peaceful protests of women with violence, arrests and torture.

The EU Parliament said that after taking over power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s oppression of women, civil society, human rights defenders and human rights violations has increased.

In the resolution, the representatives of the European Parliament have asked the Taliban authorities to fully implement their commitments regarding general amnesty.

The resolution had been adopted with 519 votes in favour, 15 votes against and 18 abstentions.

The EU parliament has condemned the increase in human rights violations in Afghanistan, especially arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture of the former security forces members.

It has also condemned the gender apartheid policy of the Taliban in the resolution and demanded reversing the severe restrictions on the rights of women and girls in line with Afghanistan's international obligations.

Furthermore, it strongly condemned various human rights violations committed by the Taliban, which encompassed the "brutal persecution of Christians" and the oppression of other religious minorities, which were seen as a deliberate attempt to eradicate religious and ideological diversity within Afghanistan.

In the resolution, the members of the European Parliament asked the European Union and its member states to increase their support for the Afghan civil society by funding specific assistance and protection programmes for human rights defenders.

During the last two years, the Taliban has issued more than fifty decrees against women. Human rights organisations have said that the group has practically excluded women from society applying strict policies.

Human rights defenders have said that the Taliban has set up "gender apartheid" in Afghanistan by gender segregation and depriving women from human and basic rights.

Earlier, human rights activists asked the international community to recognise gender apartheid in Afghanistan.