Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai has reportedly said that he would not allow anyone to harass Afghan refugees in their “own land”.
He directly said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province belongs to Afghans and they can live there without fear and irritation, Afghanistan Times reported on Wednesday.
“If Afghans are harassed in other parts of Pakistan, they should come here to the Pakhtunkhwa province, where no one can ask them for refugee cards because it also belongs to them,” Achakzai said.
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“Kabul and Islamabad should exercise extreme caution to resolve Torkham crossing conflict. Otherwise, they should leave the issue to the US and China, and they would resolve it within two weeks,” he told Radio Ashna.
“Torkham and forcedly repatriation of Afghan refugees are two separate issues. It not only raised concerns among Afghan officials in Afghanistan but also made Pashtun leaders concerned in here,” he added.
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