KABUL - The Afghan government will not allow Pakistan to take unilateral decisions on Afghan refugees who carry legal documents, amid fears that Afghanistan will not cope with their return, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriates (MoRR) said Thursday.

"Neither Afghanistan nor the [UN refugee agency] UNHCR will allow Pakistan to take a unilateral decision to expel Afghan refugees with legal documents," Refugee Ministry spokesman Islamuddin Jurat said.
He emphasized that Afghanistan is not ready to shelter and support the flow of refugees who are forced to leave the neighboring countries.

A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees Farhad Naderi said that Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has announced that Afghan refugees can return to their country voluntarily.

"Pakistan's Foreign Minister pointed this out even yesterday, that their policy on the Afghan refugees has not changed and the Afghans can return to their country voluntarily and with honor," Farhad told TOLOnews Thursday.

However, a recent report published by UK newspaper The Guardian said that Pakistan government has decided to cancel all refugee documents of the Afghan refugees and send them back to their country by the end of this year.

There are around 3 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, many without any legal documents. (Tolo News)