Women, kids among 1,200 Afghan migrants jailed in Pakistan

By ADIL JAWAD and MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents. The arrests brought criticism from around Afghanistan after images of locked up Afghan children were circulated online. They also underscored the strained relations between the two South Asian neighbors. Police and local government officials said on Thursday the detainees will be deported to Afghanistan after serving their sentences or when the paperwork for their release is completed by their attorneys. Pakistan’s National Commission on Human Rights says at least 139 Afghan women and 165 children are among those held at a high-security jail in Karachi.