 | | "Well, an end to *some* faith between us. We'll leave the door just a tiny bit ajar, just in case. And a nightlight in the hall. Just don't let the infidels catch you, 'k?" |
Four Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan are to be closed down and residents from two of them sent back to Afghanistan, Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrrani told the Washington Times on Monday. He said the repatriation of refugees was part of the government’s strategy to better control the 1,550-mile border Pakistan shares with Afghanistan. An agreement on the plan was reached on Sunday with national and local leaders in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan, Durrani told editors and reporters of the newspaper. “We had seen some level of activity, (and so) we thought we need to strengthen our systems,” he said. “It is a porous border; it is a very difficult border.”
The four refugee camps hold tens of thousands of the 3 million refugees in the country. Two would be closed around March and the other two later, said the ambassador, adding that arrangements would first be made to receive the refugees in Afghanistan. |