A joint committee of Afghan legal analysts was formed to address the challenges of Afghan refugees abroad based on a decree of the Islamic Emirate PM Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, Zabiullah Mujahid, said.
The committee will be chaired by the deputy head of the General Directorate of Legislation of the Ministry of Justice.
The committee will pursue legal paths to defend the property and rights of Afghan refugees abroad.
“They [committee members] have been appointed after we received reports that the property of the Afghan citizens had been seized from them. This committee will investigate the issue from legal angles,” he said.
The chargé d’affaires of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad, Sardar Ahmad Shikib, expressed criticism of the registration process by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, saying that the process is too slow.
“The UNHCR has a center in Peshawar which provides forms and cards for the refugees to fill out, so that they will earn some money and materials while they are being returned. We went there and there were many lines as the [refugees] were waiting,” he said.
A member of the Afghan refugee’s council in Pakistan, Mohammad Sial Wisal, said:
“The government has ordered the officials to stop the detention of the Afghans who were awaiting resettlement in the US.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s caretaker government ordered authorities to not detain the Afghans awaiting resettlement, international media reported.
“As per the Embassy of America, 1,150 Afghan nationals are being sponsored for relocation and resettlement to (the) United States,” said the letter from the Interior Ministry, dated November 2 and seen by AFP.
“It is requested that it may be ensured that the Afghan nationals who are mentioned in the subject list, are not arrested till further notice.”
