Pakistan Launches Extensive Raids on Undocumented Afghan Migrants' Homes in Islamabad and Nearby Areas
Pakistani police, counter-terrorism units and intelligence agents have conducted joint operations to search and inspect undocumented migrants in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal and other areas, according to a report by Express Tribune.
In Islamabad's Unity Colony, around 150 security personnel inspected 165 homes and residences, checking 570 people. In Rawalpindi's Dehuk Kashmiri area and surroundings, forces searched about 50 homes and more than 120 individuals, identifying 11 families without official rental contracts. Those families were registered, warned and released.
Some operations targeting Afghan migrants occurred at night, including a late Friday inspection of 25 homes in the Dina Mandar area on the outskirts of Islamabad. Identity checks for undocumented Afghan migrants have intensified, with searches continuing across the capital. In Attock, security has been bolstered at 230 mosques, deploying about 750 personnel to inspect migrants.
Women are participating in the home raids and migrant identification efforts. The number of Afghan migrants arrested in these operations remains unclear.
Pakistan continues identifying, detaining and deporting Afghan migrants. The Taliban's Supreme Commission on Migrants stated that Pakistan has deported around 3,000 to 4,000 Afghans daily in recent weeks via the Torkham, Spin Boldak and Bahram Chah border crossings.
International organizations have warned repeatedly that returning Afghan migrants to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is unsafe. The United Nations has noted that deporting female activists, journalists and former government military personnel carries dire consequences.
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