Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged Pakistan not to deport some 200 journalists who fled Afghanistan following the Taliban's return to power in 2021 during the withdrawal of U.S-led coalition forces. Pakistan last month said it would deport all undocumented or illegal Afghan refugees who didn't leave voluntarily by November 1 -- a move criticized by Western governments and international rights watchdogs. "Forcibly returning Afghan journalists who have fled to Pakistan would be a flagrant violation of international law and completely unacceptable," RSF said in a statement. "Deporting them back to Afghanistan would clearly expose them to great danger."
Reporters Without Borders Calls On Pakistan Not To Expel 200 Afghan Journalists
Afghan refugees in Pakistan walk towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border crossing on November 3 following Pakistan's decision to expel people illegally staying in the country.