Pakistan wants to deport up to 1.7 million Afghans amid mounting frustration with the Taliban and concern over the economic burden of hosting refugees.
Afghan former prosecutor Mohammad Abed Andarabi, photographed in Islamabad, Pakistan, says he and his family have moved locations multiple times, fearing arrest or deportation. October 5, 2023 at 2:00 a.m. EDTKARACHI, Pakistan — There hasn’t been a single day over the past two years when Mohammad Abed Andarabi felt at ease. A former prosecutor for the U.S.
But exiled critics of the Taliban fear they might get caught up in the crackdown. The U.N. refugee agency on Monday urged the Pakistani government to prevent the deportation of Afghan refugees “fleeing persecution.” Over the past year, Pakistan’s leadership — which under former prime minister Imran Khan stood largely alone in arguing that the world should give the Taliban a chance — has begun to embrace a very different message. Pakistani officials are now leveling bitter accusations against the Taliban, blaming it for tolerating the presence of Islamist militants who have been behind a string of deadly attacks inside Pakistan.
The Taliban is now seeking to present itself in a better light. In Karachi, where most arrests of Afghans have been documented to date, the Taliban’s top diplomat is busy these days serving visitors tea and explaining the virtues of forgiveness. The Afghan Consulate in this port city has also hired a lawyer to represent Afghans who are in Pakistani prison for migration infractions, including those who fled Afghanistan because they feared life under Taliban rule.
“The other day, a 17- or 18-year-old girl said, ‘Don’t deport me; I want to become a doctor,’” Kakar recalled. But Kakar couldn’t help her. The girl was sent back, she said. But lawyers and economists say that’s only part of the story and that Pakistan won’t overcome its chronic problems unless its leadership takes responsibility. “If you’re looking for the main reasons for Pakistan’s severe economic stress, you have to look internally,” said Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center.
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