The Taliban in Afghanistan claims that refugees are using fake death threat letters to gain entry to Western countries, according to an official statement.
Speaking under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban’s de-facto state in Afghanistan, the Taliban warns Western countries that refugees are falsifying documents in an attempt to seek asylum. Many Western countries, particularly those in the EU and U.S., have laws which provide asylum for refugees. Being able to show that they could face death if sent home may aid in a refugee’s chance of receiving asylum.
“Our countrymen forced into migration at the hands of the corrupt Kabul regime are utilizing every illegal mean available to seek permanent refuge overseas and build a better life for themselves,” notes the statement, “an important method among these illegal means is to fabricate threat letters indicating that they have received death threats and their lives are in danger at the hands of the Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate back in their own country.”
So where are the refugees getting these supposed death threat letters? From none other than the mafia, according to the Taliban. “With this notice the Islamic Emirate wishes to inform all international Refugee [sic] organizations that the fabricated death threat letters being forwarded to them by the refugees have no verity and are sold to them by mafia groups for a meager price,” says the statement.
The announcement’s release came just days before an attack on the Kabul embassy neighborhood in Afghanistan which killed six Americans on Monday. A prior attack carried out earlier this month by the Taliban left 37 dead, showing that the once decimated enemy is still very much a threat to the precarious Afghan government.
The Taliban blames the government in Kabul for the tribulations of the refugees fleeing from Afghanistan and encourages them to “choose the path of patience and perseverance by enduring little hardships” instead of fleeing their home countries.
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