Afghan refugees being driven from Pakistan by harassment, rights group says

Refugees:  Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades are facing arbitrary arrests and destruction of property, Human Rights Watch reports
Afghan refugees who have lived in Pakistan for decades are being driven out of the country in a wave of harassment by officials, with many facing arbitrary arrests and the destruction of what little property they own, Human Rights Watch has said.

Pakistan’s large population of Afghans has long lived at the margins of society, but a report by the rights group said police intimidation sharply increased after the Pakistani Taliban massacre of more than 130 schoolboys at Peshawar’s Army Public School in December.

Although authorities found nothing to link any of the 2.5 million Afghans living in Pakistan to the killings, refugees complain of being singled out by police.

Many of the 96 Afghans interviewed by HRW in both Pakistan and Afghanistandescribed house raids by police, random arrests and the demolition of property. - Read More at the Guardian

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