News Center- Afghan journalist Zakia Kawian was arrested along with her four children by police in Pakistan, Afghan women’s rights activists announced on Tuesday, expressing concern about the situation of the journalist, who faces deportation.

Afghan women’s rights activists believe that the deportation of the journalist to Afghanistan will pose a risk to the journalist and her children since the husband of Zakia Kawian was killed by Taliban forces in the country.

Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, many journalists and activists left the country and took refuge in neighboring countries such as Pakistan and Iran.

Since 2023, Pakistani authorities have forcibly repatriated more than 800,000 undocumented Afghans from its territory, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR said in a statement on February 5, 2025.