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Pakistani Police Raid Homes Of Afghan Refugees, Arrest Women & Children

Jan 4, 2025, 14:23 GMT+0

Afghan refugees in Islamabad told Afghanistan International on Saturday that Pakistani police raided their homes and arrested a group of migrants, including women and children. The arrests have raked in criticism from human rights activists.

Afghan refugees and human rights activists have particularly criticised the United Nations and foreign embassies in Pakistan for failing to prevent the "anti-human rights actions" of the country's police.

"We did not come to Islamabad for fun and entertainment, we have taken refuge here to save our lives," Ahmad (pseudonym), an Afghan refugee, told Afghanistan International.

"Around the world, women and children are given a lot of attention, but we don't know why Afghans are being treated so inhumanely today," said Sarah, an Afghan woman refugee.

According to sources, most of the recently detained migrants are those whose visas have expired and they have been applying for new visas.

Although they are given documents to legally pursue visas after applying for new visas, police have refused to accept their documents and have imprisoned or deported many of them after being forcibly detained.

The recent arrests have raised concerns among asylum seekers who have submitted asylum applications to the US and other Western embassies awaiting admissions.

The refugees have called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Western countries to put pressure on the Pakistani government to release detainees and stop the process of detaining Afghan refugees.

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NRF Claims Ansarullah Plotting Taliban-Inspired Overthrow of Tajik Government

Jan 4, 2025, 13:36 GMT+0

Ali Maisam Nazary, the head of foreign relations of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), said that Ansarullah wants to overthrow the government of Tajikistan by using the flag of ISIS and following the Taliban.

Ansarullah uses the ISIS flag, but is loyal to the Taliban and al-Qaeda, Nazari said.

The official of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan also posted a video on his account on the social media platform X in which Tajik fighters can be seen praising Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban.

The head of the NRF's foreign relations said that the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan requires a united stance, because "ISIS, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda" are two sides of the same coin.

He stated that the Taliban claims that they do not export terrorism outside Afghanistan by attributing their attacks to ISIS. He noted that the international community, especially the United States, should be aware of this tactic of the Taliban and know that Afghanistan under the "occupation of the Taliban" is still a hotbed of terrorism.

This official of the National Resistance Front claimed that foreign terrorists are currently being trained in Afghanistan and are planning attacks abroad with Afghan passports. He also said that "Tajik terrorists" who claimed to be members of ISIS and were identified in Los Angeles and Philadelphia at the beginning of 2024 were trained in Afghanistan and supported by the Taliban.

The official of the NRF claimed that Ansarullah, a group opposed to the government of Tajikistan, is supported by the Taliban in Afghanistan, while Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's political deputy prime minister, had announced on Friday the expansion of the group's political relations with Tajikistan.

Abdul Kabir had said that the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan has not been handed over to the group so far, but trade relations between the two sides are ongoing and political relations have progressed.

Iranian Official Announces Arrest Of Dozens Of Afghans In Sistan & Baluchestan

Jan 4, 2025, 12:12 GMT+0

Hosseinali Sanchooli, the police chief of Saravan in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, announced that 115 undocumented Afghans had been arrested.

Sanchooli said on Saturday, January 4, that they were identified and arrested in line with the implementation of the plan to promote social security.

He told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that these people were arrested during a police operation in Saravan over the last 72 hours.

The Islamic Republic's official announced the detention of undocumented immigrants at a time when the Islamic Republic has made living conditions extremely difficult for undocumented immigrants and significantly increased the deportation of this group of migrants.

Earlier, an official of the Islamic Republic had said that more than 4,000 undocumented Afghan refugees are returned to Afghanistan every day from the Dogharoun border alone.

Officials in the Islamic Republic have announced that they will deport two million Afghan refugees by the end of this year.

Pakistan Attacked From Across Border, Will Give Decisive Response, Says Shehbaz Sharif

Jan 4, 2025, 10:46 GMT+0

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned that the country will respond decisively and firmly to cross-border attacks.

In a meeting in Islamabad, he stressed on the need for necessary measures, adding that internal and external elements are working against Pakistan.

Referring to the attacks on the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan's prime minister said on Friday, January 3, at a meeting of the Central Apex Committee on National Action Plan, that the group is responsible for numerous attacks against security forces and civilians.

Geo News reported that Shehbaz Sharif referred to internal and external anti-Pakistani factors in the meeting, which was attended by civilian and military leaders.

He clarified that in Pakistan, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there are elements that are working against the country.

Shehbaz Sharif also stressed on the need to counter the "wave of lies" against Pakistan in cyberspace.

"We are aware of cooperation with other countries that may play a role in facilitating the measures, but the national interests of the country are above all else, and the necessary measures will be taken to improve the security situation," the prime minister said.

The remarks come as border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have escalated. Earlier, there were reports of border clashes between Pakistani forces and the Afghan Taliban.

Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Taliban of supporting the TTP, but the Taliban have always denied this claim.

Taliban’s Stanekzai & Pak’s Durrani Argue Over Retaliatory Measures

Jan 4, 2025, 09:58 GMT+0

Pakistan's former representative to Afghanistan and the Taliban's deputy foreign minister have been arguing over recent retaliatory measures on the social media platform X network.

In response to Abbas Stanikzai, Durrani said in a sarcastic tone, "He is not a good suicide bomber. Let us teach the next generation to live, not to die."

Asif Durrani, Pakistan's former representative to Afghanistan, wrote on his X social media account, "The recent exchange with Afghanistan is regrettable, but it should be a lesson for the friends and brothers of the Afghan Taliban."

In the note, he stressed that the TTP is a red line and no one should be allowed to cross it.

In response to the post, Abbas Stanikzai wrote in a warning message that Pakistan should "learn from the recent "retaliation" actions by Taliban fighters. "Anyone who looked at us and our country with bad intentions, we have taken out their eyes with great anger," the Taliban's deputy foreign minister wrote in the post.

In response to this message, Pakistan's former representative to Afghanistan sarcastically called on the Taliban's deputy foreign minister to take a logical path.

Asif Durrani wrote, "May God give you more wisdom, Stanikzai. It is not right to take the path of suicide. It is better to teach the next generation how to live, not how to die."

Tensions between Pakistani officials and the Taliban have escalated.

Islamic Republic Deeply Concerned About Taliban's Water Policy

Jan 3, 2025, 16:24 GMT+0

Esmaeil Baghaei, the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the Taliban to cooperate in the continuation of the flow of water from Afghanistan to Iran and remove the obstacles created.

Referring to the importance of protecting the environment and observing international law regarding the border rivers between the two countries, Baghaei emphasised that it is necessary to pay attention to these principles.

Baghaei also on Friday expressed concern about the impact of dams under construction in Afghanistan on the amount of water entering Iran.

In frequent talks with the Taliban, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has stressed that the exploitation of water resources should not take place without respecting Iran's rights, bilateral treaties and the principles of good neighbourliness, he said.

Referring to the cultural, religious, ethnic and civilisational ties between Iran and Afghanistan and Iran's hosting of about five million Afghan refugees, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasised that it is necessary to respect mutual interests and avoid unilateral actions.

After the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Tehran has repeatedly called on the group to restore the flow of water from the Helmand River to Iran, but the Taliban, citing the drought, has claimed that the water has naturally decreased and has not been blocked.

Iran has also recently raised criticisms of the construction of the Pashdan Dam in Herat.

A spokesman for Iran's water industry recently announced that Afghanistan's unilateral exploitation of the Harirud River is a violation of customary law and could harm the basic needs of millions of people, including the supply of water to Mashhad.