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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shah Meer Baloch in Pakistan

Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells

Ayesha Bashir, right, in a Karachi cell with her five-year-old daughter before a deportation hearing this week
Ayesha Bashir, right, in a Karachi cell with her five-year-old daughter before a deportation hearing this week. Bashir says she has been held in detention for three months. Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch

Refugees are reportedly dying in Pakistani prisons, and children are being arrested and tied together with ropes, as a wave of detentions and deportations spreads fearamong the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have crossed the border since the Taliban took power.

According to lawyers representing Afghans in detention, at least four people have died in custody, and thousands more, including children, are being held in prisons as Pakistan hardens its stance against Afghan citizens.

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