Afghans Face Abuses in Pakistan, US Announces Hotline

FILE - Police personnel test biometrics of Afghan refugees during a search operation to identify alleged illegal immigrants, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 17, 2023. FILE - Detained Afghan refugees sit in a police van during a search operation to identify alleged illegal immigrants, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 17, 2023. FILE - Police personnel interrogate an Afghan refugee during a search operation to identify alleged illegal immigrants, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 17, 2023.

Pakistani police are facing accusations of unlawfully detaining, beating, extorting and sexually harassing Afghan refugees as part of a coercive campaign aimed at compelling them to return to their home country.