Islamabad - The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad warned on Wednesday that Pakistan hopes to evacuate all Afghan refugees from the country and be fired in the near future.

The embassy published strong words about Pakistan's plans, saying the capital, Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi Pakistan.

"This process of detaining Afghans began with no formal announcements and has not been formally communicated to the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad by any formal correspondence," it said.

"Ultimately, officials from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that there was a final plan to expel all Afghan refugees not only from Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but also from Afghan refugees throughout the country," the embassy said. ”

The Pakistani government did not immediately comment on the embassy's statement.

The latest development comes after Pakistan’s threat to Afghans living in the country illegally. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved the March 31 deadline, waiting for the deadline for relocation to a third country unless he agrees to accept their government's prompt handling.

The Afghan Embassy criticized the "short time" and the "unilateral nature of the Pakistani decision".

Apart from hundreds of thousands of residences living illegally in Pakistan, about 1.45 million Afghans are registered as UNHCR refugees. Pakistan said those who registered earlier extended their stay until June 2025 and would at least not be arrested or deported until the extension expires.

Earlier this month, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan said: “This resettlement issue is not uncertain. So, for us, the Afghans waiting for resettlement here must also be a temporary stage. This is not permanent.”

He said Pakistan has been working with Western countries to speed up resettlement plans and “will continue to do so.”

Over the past three years, thousands of Afghans have fled to Pakistan. Many of them passed a plan to approve resettlement in the United States through a plan to help people during the war with the U.S. government, media, aid agencies and rights groups. But about 20,000 Afghans are now in trouble in Pakistan after U.S. President Donald Trump suspended U.S. refugee programs last month.

They have been facing harassment and arrests since October 2023, when Pakistan began cracking down on illegal foreigners living in the country.

Although the government says the campaign is not targeted at Afghans, they make up most of Pakistan’s foreigners.

The International Organization for Migration reported being deported in January.

The IOM said this week that Afghans were deported by Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It said 13% of Afghans returned home from January 16 to 31 years old compared to the first two weeks of January. It said that since 2023, 824,568 Afghans have returned to their homes.

Ahmad Shah, a member of the Afghan advocacy group, urged Pakistan on Wednesday to allow Afghans waiting to move to stay in Islamabad at least until the Trump administration makes a final decision on fate.

He said it would be difficult for them to visit the western embassy in the Pakistani capital if they were moved to other areas.