Pakistan has issued an order for all unauthorized Afghan asylum seekers, approximately 1.7 million individuals, to depart the country by November. This move comes in response to a surge in border attacks, which Pakistan attributes to operatives based in Afghanistan, leading to heightened tensions between the two nations this year. Islamabad has also expressed growing frustration and, on Tuesday, announced a crackdown on "illegal" migrants.
In July, following a directive from the Taliban administration in Afghanistan, which stated that all women's beauty salons must shut down within a month, videos surfaced on social media depicting women's protests both in the streets of Kabul and within their homes. These demonstrations, often accompanied by signs proclaiming "Bread, justice, work," were responses to the Taliban's actions since their takeover of Kabul on August 15, 2021.
"I just need a person to listen to my voice. I'm in ache, and I'm now not the only one," an Afghan university student tells us, blinking back tears.