Pakistani Police Conduct Night Raids To Identify Afghan Refugees, Transfer Them To Prison

The donation will be sent to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support approximately two million girls and boys in elementary schools in Afghanistan.

According to the EU statement, with this funding, the WFP will be able to provide snacks for nearly 900,000 boys and more than 850,000 girls in elementary schools.

The aid will support elementary school students in Nangarhar, Ghor, Jowzjan, Nuristan, and Farah provinces during the next two years.

WFP will distribute biscuits, cookie rolls, dried fruit and nuts, and bread to these students during the summer break.

In a statement, the group stated that these refugees entered Afghanistan through the Torkham border crossing on October 19 and 20.

The Taliban said that the refugees who returned to Afghanistan include 1,062 families and have been referred to the International Organisation for Migration for assistance.

The Pakistani government has asked 1.7 million migrants and refugees without legal documentation to leave the country by November 1. In the past few months, Islamabad police have detained and forcibly deported thousands of Afghans for not having official residency documents.

In a statement on Friday, the UK Foreign Office wrote, "Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Afghanistan."

The statement specifically warned of the risk of "terrorist attacks" around religious sites throughout Afghanistan as well as airports.

While the Taliban have been talking about providing security across Afghanistan for more than two years, the British Foreign Office’s statement stated that the security situation in Afghanistan is unstable.

It also warned about the risk of arrest and detention of British nationals in Afghanistan. The statement added that the British government may not be aware of the detention of its citizens, and as there are significant challenges in communication and consular services, detainees may not be able to contact their relatives and the period of detention may be very long.

Over the last two years, the Taliban has arrested dozens of foreign citizens, including American, British and French nationals.

Detainees in Taliban prisons can hardly contact their family members or have access to a lawyer.

Previously, international human rights organisations have said that the principles of fair trial are not observed in Taliban detention centres and courts. Access to a fair trial is more difficult for Afghan citizens who are imprisoned in Taliban prisons than foreigners.

The statement of the British Foreign Office states that there is no British consular official in Afghanistan and the ability of the ministry to provide consular assistance is severely limited.

It added, "If you are a British national already resident in Afghanistan, you should carefully consider the risk to your safety and security from staying there. The situation could change quickly and without warning."

AFF said that three members of the Taliban had been killed and five others were injured after the explosion at the group’s outpost in police district 7 of Mazar-e-Sharif.

In a statement, AFF stated that following the incident, the Taliban blocked access to the incident site and retrieved their dead bodies and injured personnel from the area.

Residents of Mazar-e-Sharif said that two explosions were heard in the city on Friday evening October 20.

The Taliban have not commented on these explosions so far.

A video clip that reached Afghanistan International shows moments after the explosion in PD7 of Mazar-e-Sharif.

During a meeting with Obaidur Rahman Nizamani, Charge d’Affaires of Pakistani embassy in Kabul, Hanafi asked Islamabad to reconsider the deportation of Afghan immigrants.

In a statement, the Taliban added that Hanafi’s meeting with Nizamani was focused on the situation of Afghan immigrants in Pakistan.

Pakistan has asked all immigrants without legal documentation to leave the country by the end of October.

Based on the Pakistani authorities, more than 51,000 Afghans have been deported since the deadline for the deportation of illegal immigrants was announced.

Hanafi also demanded the release of children, women, and patients who had been detained and imprisoned by Pakistani forces at the borders.