Pakistan will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January: official

Pakistan’s interim government will deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January next year, Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai said on Friday.

“The caretaker government is trying to deport all illegal Afghan immigrants by January. After that the government would announce a time frame for repatriating the remaining Afghan immigrants,” Achakzai said at a press conference in Quetta.

He also reiterated the claim that militants use Afghanistan soil to plan attacks in Pakistan.

Pakistan has shared details of terrorists and their acts of terror using the soil of Afghanistan with Kabul.

“As a neighbouring Islamic brother country, Afghanistan should give a positive response to Pakistan, and hand over the wanted terrorists to us,” he said.

“Pakistan condemns all kinds of terrorism around the world. If any action is taken to discredit the institutions of Pakistan, they will be given a befitting reply. Our brotherhood should not be considered as our weakness”, he said.

The official told the press a systematic plan has been made on the territory of Afghanistan adjacent to Zhob region of Balochistan for subversive activities in Pakistan. He said, “The target they have set is the protest sit-in at Chaman. The sit-in will be targeted and the blame will be put on the security agencies of Pakistan to create misunderstanding among the State, agencies and the people”.

This comes as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has rejected claims by Pakistan that Afghan soil is used in attacks on Pakistan and stated that Afghanistan is not responsible for the “security failure” of any country in the region.