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Afghans face abuses in Pakistan, US announces hotline

Police personnel test biometrics of Afghan refugees during a search operation to identify alleged illegal immigrants, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Nov 17, 2023. [AFP]

Pakistani police are facing accusations of unlawfully detaining, beating, extorting and sexually harassing Afghan refugees as part of a coercive campaign aimed at compelling them to return to their home country.

"Police and other officials have carried out mass detentions, seized property and livestock, and destroyed identity documents to expel thousands of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers," U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Wednesday.

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