As deadline to leave Pakistan expires, official says over 100,000 Afghans gone home
Wednesday, 1 November 2023 Over 100,000 Afghan nationals have returned to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan in the past two weeks as the deadline for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan approaches. Pakistani officials have warned that all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, will be expelled from the country. The Pakistani government claims that Afghan nationals have been involved in militant attacks and smuggling. However, Kabul has dismissed these accusations.
Thousands of undocumented Afghan migrants are fleeing Pakistan in fear of arrest and deportation by authorities. Pakistan has set 1 November as the deadline for 1.7 million Afghans to leave or face deportation in a measure authorities say is meant to protect the country’s ‘welfare and...
The number of Afghans coming home from Iran has doubled in the past month, according to a top border official at the Islam Qala crossing near the western Afghan city of Herat, with returnees telling..
As Pakistan's deadline for deporting undocumented migrants draws near, Afghan refugees there are worried about their future.
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Afghans living in Pakistan have been rushing to the borders ahead of a Pakistani government deadline for 1.7 million undocumented people to leave or face arrest and deportation.
Pakistani security forces have detained and deported dozens of Afghan nationals who were living in the country illegally after a government-set deadline for them... IndiaTimes