The Charged’ Affaires of the US Mission to Afghanistan, Karen Decker visited Pakistan as part of her “listening tour” to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees,
The US official will be taking a look at the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan as well as the organizations and individuals working to support Afghans and Afghanistan in Islamabad, Decker’s tweets.
The US official is making a visit to Pakistan after 30 ‘long’ years after reports of Afghan women and children detained and imprisoned in Pakistani jails.
Earlier former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai had also attacked Pakistan for ‘mistreating’ the Afghan refugees who crossed the border after the Taliban took over the country.
Karzai expressed his concerns over the mistreatment of the refugees by the Pakistan government. He also urged the Pakistan administration to treat the refugees as per international laws and human rights values.
As per media reports over 1100 Afghan refugees including women and children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Sindh state of Pakistan, Hamid Karzai tweeted.
As per Khaama Press, the US official’s visit to Pakistan is being hailed by social media users, particularly the Afghan refugees who are waiting to be resettled to the US, and those eligible under the US’s P1/P2 program.