US EditionMore than 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, amid eviction campaign
- More than 100,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in April due to a government campaign expelling those without valid documents, according to Pakistan's Interior Ministry.
- In Afghanistan, many returning face a humanitarian crisis, with 85% living on less than one dollar a day, as reported by the UN Development Programme.
- The International Organization for Migration expressed the need for better infrastructure for returning Afghans, emphasizing that relocations should be voluntary.
- Afghanistan's Prime Minister Hasan Akhund condemned Pakistan's eviction measures and called for a dignified return for Afghan refugees.
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12,000 Afghans caught with fake passports
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior was informed on Thursday that over 12,000 Afghan nationals were caught in the last five years while travelling to Saudi Arabia on fake Pakistani passports. The committee, which met with its chairman Faisal Saleem in the chair, deferred a briefing on the law and order situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) as the provincial home secretary and the inspector general (IG) of police did not attend the meeting.…
Fleeing Pakistan, Afghans feel ’completely lost’ in Afghanistan
Pushed out of Pakistan where she was born, Nazmine Khan's first experience of her country, Afghanistan, was in a sweltering tent at a border camp. "We never thought we would return to Afghanistan," said the 15-year-old girl, who has little idea of what will become of her or her family, only that she is likely to have fewer freedoms. "When our parents told us we had to leave, we cried," Nazmine added. Having nowhere to go in Afghanistan, she and…
Over 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in a month after permit cancellations, government crackdown
Pakistan's government officials have branded Afghans as "terrorists and criminals." Many Afghans in Pakistan have reported weeks of harassment, extortion, and arbitrary arrests, particularly in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab
Over 100,000 Afghan nationals have left Pakistan so far this month: ministry
Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan intensified its deportation campaign, forcing undocumented Afghans to leave the country, at the Torkham border crossing, Pakistan April 7, 2025. — ReutersISLAMABAD: Amid the ongoing drive against...
In three weeks, Pakistan has expelled more than 100,000 Afghans accused of "terrorism and drug trafficking"
Since Pakistan launched a mass expulsion campaign on 1 April, "100,529 Afghans have left the country", where some have been living for generations, the Pakistani Ministry of the Interior announced on Tuesday, 22 April.
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