Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, reacted to the recent decision of Pakistan to expel Afghan refugees and called the Pakistani government's treatment of Afghan immigrants as "unacceptable".
Mujahid wrote on social media platform X that Pakistan should reconsider its decision to deport Afghan refugees.
Pakistan has given a one-month notice to Afghan migrants to leave the country.
On Tuesday, the Pakistani government announced that Afghans have the right to stay in Pakistan only with a temporary residence card (PoR) and visa.
The Supreme Committee of the Government of Pakistan has warned that after November 1, all business and property of foreign nationals who reside in Pakistan illegally will be confiscated.
According to the decision, the Pakistani government will also "take legal action" against those who have helped "illegal" foreign nationals in renting houses and securing jobs.
On Wednesday, without referring to the decision of the Pakistani government, the Taliban spokesperson urged Islamabad to be patient in dealing with Afghan refugees.
On the other hand, on Monday, Pakistani news agencies reported that the country's government is deporting more than one million "illegal" immigrants.
The media outlets stressed that this decision also includes "Afghans with residence cards" of Pakistan.
In the past months, Pakistani police have arrested and deported hundreds of Afghan citizens.
The Taliban embassy in Islamabad said on Tuesday that Pakistani police have detained more than a thousand Afghan migrants in the last two weeks alone.
Mujahid said that Afghan immigrants have no role in Pakistan's recent "security issues”.
Earlier, Pakistan's interior minister said that 14 of the 24 suicide bombers who attacked the country after January 2023 have been Afghans.
Earlier, some other senior officials of Pakistan claimed that Afghan citizens are involved in the attacks by militant groups in Pakistan.
