RASC News Agency: Jamiat-e-Islami of Afghanistan has issued a formal statement calling on the governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to urgently reconsider their ongoing deportation of Afghanistani refugees, in light of the catastrophic political and humanitarian situation under Taliban rule. The statement opens with a note of gratitude, acknowledging the decades-long generosity shown by both nations in hosting millions of displaced Afghanistani citizens. However, it warns that the present circumstances in Afghanistan are incompatible with any safe, dignified, or sustainable repatriation.
According to Jamiat-e-Islami, the collapse of legitimate governance structures, coupled with a crippling economic crisis, the rise of unaccountable armed actors, and the pervasive threats to life, liberty, and ethnic minorities, has rendered Afghanistan an unsafe and unstable environment for returnees. The statement explicitly notes that “the dominance of an unelected, exclusionary regime that lacks legal and moral legitimacy” has deepened the risk for forcibly returned migrants. The party cautions that forced deportations carried out without considering the severe dangers awaiting returnees could trigger significant humanitarian fallout and regional destabilization. It calls on both Tehran and Islamabad to base their migration decisions on prudence, compassion, and full adherence to international legal norms rather than short-term security calculations or domestic political expediencies.
In a particularly pointed appeal, Jamiat-e-Islami urges the international community especially key humanitarian and migration agencies such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to intervene diplomatically and operationally to prevent forced deportations, and instead assist in coordinating legal residency frameworks, humanitarian aid, and refugee protection mechanisms. The statement also warns that any mass expulsion of refugees may further expose already vulnerable populations especially ethnic minorities and former regime affiliates to targeted retaliation and structural discrimination by Taliban authorities. While the party maintains a diplomatic tone, its message is unambiguous: Afghanistan, as it stands under Taliban control, is not a safe country for return. The so-called “Islamic Emirate” remains unrecognized internationally, repressive in nature, and incapable of upholding even the most basic human rights guarantees for its population let alone for returnees.
This call to action by Jamiat-e-Islami serves not only as a humanitarian plea, but also as a damning critique of the Taliban’s failed governance, which has turned Afghanistan into an arena of lawlessness, economic despair, and ethnic persecution. It reinforces what many rights groups and refugee advocates have long argued: repatriation must not be weaponized as a political tool, especially when it amounts to sending civilians back into the jaws of an authoritarian regime that offers no protection, no justice, and no hope.
