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Stanikzai issues stern warning to Pakistan over refugee issue

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While condemning the forced expulsion of refugees and their mistreatment by Pakistan, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, on Monday warned the country of strong reaction and said that Afghanistan now has a strong army.

Speaking at a conference on economic development in Kabul, Stanikzai said that Pakistan’s expulsion of refugees is cruel and a unilateral decision.

“We do not give anyone the right to do the atrocities on our sisters, brothers and children that the security forces are doing on the soil of Pakistan. We were very patient and did not react strongly. Our hope and expectation from the security forces and civil government of Pakistan is that they should change their behavior and not force us to respond to their actions. The reaction of Afghans is well known to the world. Afghans do not react much and if they do, it will be recorded in history. Thank God, we have a strong defense force today. Our Ministry of Defense is strong, thank God. We have more weapons than most of our neighbors. We have a trained force that defeated NATO and America two years ago,” Stanikzai said.

This senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Pakistani forces seize the property of Afghan refugees before expelling them.

He also emphasized that Pakistan has ignored the request of the United Nations and the world not to deport Afghan refugees, while it has made money from the presence of refugees in its soil for years.

“The United Nations, the world, human rights organizations all want Pakistan to reverse its decision. But they intensify their stubbornness unilaterally and now there is a lot of pressure and crowding at our borders including Spin Boldak and Torkham. Tens of thousands of people, including children, come to Afghanistan every day,” Stanikzai said.

Pakistan has cited security concerns as the reason for expelling illegal foreigners.

Officials of the Islamic Emirate, however, have said that Pakistan is making an excuse as IEA has already made a commitment to the world that it will not allow its soil to be used against any other country.

Visiting Torkham, Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani called on Pakistani authorities to stop mistreating Afghan refugees.

“They should reconsider their decision and stop this process. They should not confiscate refugees’ property, but repatriate them in a dignified manner. They should stop beating or torturing them,” Haqqani said.

The Pakistani government had given illegal refugees until November 1 to leave the country.

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Female foreign ministers from 17 countries call on IEA to repeal laws affecting women

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Female foreign ministers from 17 countries have called on the Islamic Emirate to repeal the laws restricting women and girls in Afghanistan.

In a joint statement issued on Saturday, on the situation of women and girls in the country, the group of foreign ministers denounced the Islamic Emirate’s “morality laws”.

“We denounce and call for the repeal of the Taliban’s (IEA) so called ‘Morality Laws’, which have exacerbated existing restrictions for Afghan women and girls,” the statement read.

“These decrees aim literally to silence Afghan women and girls and confine them to their homes. There is no viable future—no long-term peace, prosperity, or legitimacy—for any state that seeks to effectively erase women from public life.”

In reaction, the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice said that Western countries have a double standard on the issue of human rights and are using it as a tool to pressure the Islamic Emirate.

“If such ministry does not exist in an Islamic system or Islamic society, we cannot call it an Islamic system or Islamic society,” Saif-ul-Islam Khaibar, the ministry’s spokesman, said.

“Those who demand the abolition of this ministry are actually acting against Islamic values, religion, nation, and identity of Afghans, which is unacceptable to all. Instead of making allegations against this ministry, they should adhere to human rights in their own laws.”

In their joint statement, the female foreign ministers also said that the Islamic Emirate’s “systematic exclusion of girls from school—including by barring education for girls above sixth grade—deprives millions of women and girls of their right to education.”

“We encourage all countries to advocate for the full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation of Afghan women in discussions on Afghanistan’s future, including in the U.N.-facilitated Doha process,” the statement said.

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IEA officials on way to Japan

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A delegation of senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials was expected to arrive in Tokyo on Sunday in what is the IEA’s first visit to Japan since they regained power in August 2021.

According to Japanese media, the delegation consists of around six government officials in charge of diplomacy, healthcare, education, cultural properties and other policies.

This visit was in response to an invitation offered by an executive of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Tadamichi Yamamoto, former head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), last year.

Reports state that the delegation will likely request more humanitarian support and may also discuss ties between Japan and Afghanistan with Japanese government officials.

Japan continues to maintain diplomatic functions in Afghanistan and has provided support for medical facilities through the United Nations.

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Ministry of Refugees condemns forced evacuation of Afghans in Balochistan, Pakistan

The statement added that among the people deported by the Pakistani police, 65 were children and 30 were Afghan women.

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The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Sunday condemned the forced evacuation of Afghan refugees from their homes in Balochistan province, Pakistan.

The Ministry of Refugees’ statement said that on February 15, Pakistani police raided the homes of a number of Afghan refugees in the Quetta and Kuchlak areas of Balochistan province.

The raids took place at night and officials forcibly evicted and mistreated a number of Afghan refugees.

The statement added that among the people deported by the Pakistani police, 65 were children and 30 were Afghan women.

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