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| Afghan MPs lash out at Pakistan over refugees' harassment |
| 2009-11-16 |
| [Quqnoos] Afghans MPs have accused Pakistan of misbehaving with Afghan refugees saying it violated the agreement between the two countries. There have been reports of harassment of Afghan refugees before, but after the Peshawar suicide attack on Nov. 10th Pakistan Police reportedly detained many Afghans from number of cities throughout Pakistan. There are reports that some areas where Afghan refugees live have been destroyed by Pakistan Police and they have been warned to leave the country. "Even Afghans, who go by passports, face different kinds of treatment by the government of Pakistan." Yonus Qanuni, speaker of Afghan parliament said. "Afghans are illegally detained, they are taken hostage and are not allowed to walk freely, and they all are the violation of the protocol signed between two countries." Shukria Barakzai, a member of parliament said. Meanwhile, some other MPs say that Afghans face the same problems in many other countries. "In the all countries where an Afghan live there are groups who commit such things because of political and economical issues." Ramazan Bashar Dost, anther MP said. "But neither us nor the government have shown any reaction to it." Bashar Dost further said. Currently there are more than 6,000,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran. |
| Posted by:Fred |