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UN agency head meets Pakistan's prime minister over Afghan refugees after clampdown
In this photo released by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi (left) meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 9, 2024
[Prime Minister Office via AP]
THE head of the United Nations refugee agency met the Pakistani prime minister today to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees living in uncertainty since Islamabad began a persistent anti-migrant crackdown last year.
Pakistan has long hosted an estimated 1.7 million Afghans.
Many fled their home country after the Taliban takeover in 2021, with thousands waiting in Pakistan for resettlement in the United States and elsewhere.
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