Why does Pakistan intend to deport Afghans without documentation?
Pakistan’s Islamabad – The government of Pakistan has declared that all unauthorised immigrants and refugees must leave the country by the first of the following month, either voluntarily or forcibly.
Afghans make up thousands of them. Sarfraz Bugti, the interim interior minister, claimed on Tuesday that “14 out of 24” suicide bombs this year were carried out by Afghan citizens, citing an increase in violent attacks.
“We have given them a deadline of November 1,” said Bugti, noting that more than 1.7 million of the almost 4.4 million Afghan refugees living in the nation are doing so illegally.
What you should know about the government’s choice is as follows:
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Why does the government act in this manner?
The number of assaults in Pakistan has dramatically increased this year, with the majority taking place in the Afghan bordering provinces of Balochistan in the southwest and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest.
The government has claimed time and time again that the Afghan Taliban is harbouring members from the illegal Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a group that shares the same ideologies as the Afghan Taliban.
The TTP has carried out more than 300 strikes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province alone this year since deciding to break its peace agreement with the Pakistani government in November.
Both the frequency and the severity of the attacks have grown. Over 60 people were murdered and hundreds were injured in the two most recent attacks, which occurred last month in the cities of Hangu and Mastung in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, respectively.
