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As deadline to leave Pakistan expires, official says over 100,000 Afghans gone home

IndiaTimes 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.
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News video: Thousands of Afghans flee Pakistan as deportation deadline expires

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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...

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