{"id":69912,"date":"2025-04-07T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=69912"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:35:28","slug":"1698-afghan-refugees-deported-from-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/1698-afghan-refugees-deported-from-khyber-pakhtunkhwa\/","title":{"rendered":"1,698 Afghan refugees deported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: Pakistan has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">resumed<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">deporting<\/span> Afghan refugees with 1,698 <span class=\"diff-highlight\">holders<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/11-family-members-killed-5-injured-in-road-accident-near-faisalabad\/\">Afghan Citizen Cards<\/a> (ACCs) deported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">bringing<\/span> the total number of deported Afghans to 484,975 since September 2023.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">In<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">addition<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">least<\/span> 3,268 undocumented Afghans were repatriated <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> the Torkham border crossing. <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Deportations<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> at least 3,053 Afghan refugees with ACCs <span class=\"diff-highlight\">occurred<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">April<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">2025,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">until<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">present<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">including<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">160<\/span> from Islamabad, 1,980 from Punjab, and one from Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> Chief Minister <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Khyber<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakhtunkhwa<\/span>,<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-govt-to-award-free-electric-bikes-to-khailta-punjab-games-finalists\/\"> Ali Amin Gandapur<\/a>, has stated that Afghan refugees will not be <span class=\"diff-highlight\">removed<\/span> or thrown back <span class=\"diff-highlight\">at<\/span> the border<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">necessitating<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> negotiation with Afghanistan and consent <span class=\"diff-highlight\">by<\/span> the Afghan government before <span class=\"diff-highlight\">returning<\/span> migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Gandapur also <span class=\"diff-highlight\">noted<\/span> that his government wouldn&#8217;t <span class=\"diff-highlight\">devolve<\/span> any Afghan <span class=\"diff-highlight\">refugees<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">back<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Afghanistan<\/span>, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">indicating<\/span> a potential <span class=\"diff-highlight\">difference<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">between<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">provincial<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The deportations <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> initiated in October 2023 <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">larger<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">context<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">deporting<\/span> foreign nationals without <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> valid <span class=\"diff-highlight\">visa<\/span> or <span class=\"diff-highlight\">who<\/span> have overstayed their visa.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"diff-highlight\">governmental<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rationale<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">these<\/span> deportations <span class=\"diff-highlight\">regarding<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">rising<\/span> crime and violence, including suicide attacks, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">is<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">contrasted<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">observations<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">outside<\/span> observers <span class=\"diff-highlight\">indicating<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">possible<\/span> political <span class=\"diff-highlight\">purposes<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">such<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">as<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">requiring<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">cooperation<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Taliban<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">led<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Afghanistan<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: Pakistan has resumed deporting Afghan refugees with 1,698 holders of Afghan Citizen Cards (ACCs) deported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the total number of deported Afghans to 484,975 since September 2023. In addition, at least 3,268 undocumented Afghans were repatriated at the Torkham border crossing. Deportations of at least 3,053 Afghan refugees with ACCs occurred [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":61694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27596,27595,12456],"class_list":["post-69912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-afghan-citizen-cards-accs","tag-afghan-refugees-deported","tag-kp-cm-ali-amin-gandapur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69913,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69912\/revisions\/69913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}