{"id":270663,"date":"2025-03-31T11:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/uncertainty-torments-afghan-refugees-facing-deportation-from-pakistan-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:34:36","slug":"uncertainty-torments-afghan-refugees-facing-deportation-from-pakistan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/uncertainty-torments-afghan-refugees-facing-deportation-from-pakistan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation from Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Fitr \u2014 not in joyous celebration, but in quiet apprehension. On Monday, thousands who have called Pakistan home for generations<\/a> face a deportation deadline and an uncertain, possibly dangerous future.<\/p>\n

Since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, millions of Afghans have sought refuge in neighboring Pakistan, fleeing waves of violence and instability. Over the decades, many have returned home, but conflict and political upheaval continue to send hundreds of thousands back.<\/p>\n

The latest wave of displacement followed the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan<\/a> in August 2021, after the collapse of Ashraf Ghani\u2019s U.S.-backed government. They included refugees who were promised resettlement in the United States.<\/p>\n

Many now face mandatory repatriation, with a Monday, March 31 deadline \u2014 a decision that was announced only last month, sparking widespread fear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n