ISLAMABAD — The government has announced that two Afghan refugee camps — the Katchagari camp in NWFP and the Jungle Pir Alizai camp in Balochistan — will be closed by June 15 in accordance with plans to shut them down. Pakistan has of late been describing Afghan refugee camps as breeding grounds for suicide terrorists and militancy.According to a Press release by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) here, Afghan refugees will begin vacating the camps on April 15. It said the refugees could choose to repatriate to Afghanistan with the UNHCR's help, and Afghans without proof of registration cards must get these cards between March 1 and April 15 to avail the UNHCR assistance.
| Good idea. Shut them down, it removes the excuse that the Taliban are just disgruntled Afghans instead of what they really are, paid employees of the ISI. |