Afghanistan’s Consulate General in Karachi on Saturday said that 137 Afghan nationals were released and will be extradited to Afghanistan in the coming days.
The Afghan Consulate in Karachi Tweeted that women and children were among the released detainees.
Since the deterioration of the security situation in Pakistan over the past months, the country’s law enforcement agencies have taken serious actions to deal with foreign nationals illegally (without valid stay permits) residing in Pakistan.
Over the past months, hundreds of undocumented Afghan nationals including women and children have been put behind bars in Karachi – which prompted massive criticism within Pakistan and beyond. The United Nations Refugee Agency, Pakistan Human Rights Commission, and rights groups called on the government to treat Afghan citizens with decency.
