Afghans flee Pakistan as govt deadline looms

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 01, 2023 12:45 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: More than 10,000 Afghan migrants rushed to the border on Tuesday, the last day of a deadline for 1.7 million Afghans to leave Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and deportation.

The government has said it will begin arresting undocumented Afghans and taking them to new holding centers starting Wednesday, from where they will be processed and forcibly returned to Afghanistan.

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