Around 404,909 illegal Afghan nationals in Pakistan have returned to Afghanistan. Out of 2597 Afghan citizens, 832 men, 678 women, and 1087 children went to their country.
As per data, 315 families have been repatriated in 98 vehicles to Afghanistan.
Earlier, the youth who exploded himself in a rickshaw in BakkaKhel, Bannu on November 26 also turned out to be an Afghan citizen, who entered Pakistan based on a Tazkre – Afghanistan Identity card.
Rabinullah son of KhanurGul. The registration number is 08916164. That means people holding legal documents of the Afghan government are also involved in terrorism in Pakistan.
On 26th November 2023, a motorcycle-borne suicide bomber, affiliated with Hafiz GulBahadur Group and later identified as an Afghan national, exploded himself on a security forces convoy in the area of BakkaKhel, Bannu District.
As a result, 2 innocent civilians embraced Shahadat, while 7 civilians and 3 soldiers were injured.
The sanitisation operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area. The security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave civilians and soldiers further strengthen our resolve.
Experts questioned the Afghan government for issuing legal documents to a Khawarij and a terrorist of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Now question arises whether the government of Pakistan also has to throw out the Afghans who have these legal documents.
Public hails return of illegal Afghans in Pakistan to Afghanistan
On October 1, the government and the Pakistan Army in the Apex Committee meeting decided to send the Afghans back to their country.—INP