“Women and girls, journalists, and those belonging to minority and ethnic communities face heightened risks if deported from Pakistan to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan”, today said Amnesty International.
Amnesty International urged Pakistan must immediately halt deportations to prevented further escalation of this crisis.
The Government of Pakistan must immediately halt the continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees, said Amnesty International today.
As the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan continues to be of serious concern, the European Union has released €61 million in humanitarian aid to address the needs of vulnerable people in the country, as well as refugees in neighbouring Pakistan.
The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019, Save the Children said.
Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, welcomed the release of Matiullah Wesa, an activist for the rights of girls' education in Afghanistan, from the Taliban prison, wrote on the X channel: "With my colleagues, I welcome the release of Matiullah Wisa and we demand the release of all Afghan human rights defenders.”.
