A neighbor's cruel trick

The estimated number of people in this category is around 1.7 million. Pakistan set a deadline of October 31st for Afghans to voluntarily return home, but official statistics show that only over 130,000 have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan. Therefore, Pakistan is currently conducting a large-scale and aggressive campaign to apprehend, detain, and force the repatriation of Afghans without legal residency permits.

Afghan migrants wait outside the Afghan consulate in Quetta, Pakistan, on November 2nd to receive repatriation documents.

The Pakistani government justified the move by citing the large number of Afghans residing illegally in Pakistan, creating an unbearable burden on Pakistan's social welfare system. Furthermore, these individuals were being exploited by the Pakistani Taliban for terrorist activities. This Pakistani Taliban operates primarily in the four provinces bordering Afghanistan and is supported by the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan has long argued that, thanks to the Afghan Taliban's tolerance and support, the Pakistani Taliban uses Afghan territory as a sanctuary for subversive and terrorist activities against the Pakistani state.

Meanwhile, the voluntary and forced repatriation of such a large number of Pakistanis would cause a truly serious political , economic, and social crisis in Afghanistan that the Taliban would find difficult to resolve. Therefore, Pakistan's action is a shrewd move because it helps the ruling party in Pakistan win over voters while increasing pressure on the Afghan Taliban to abandon the Pakistani Taliban.

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