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Pakistan official: 104,000 undocumented Afghans returned to Afghanistan through Torkham border

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epa10950622 A convoy of trucks carrying Afghan refugees crosses Khyber pass near the border with Afghanistan, on the eve of Pakistan's government's deadline to expel undocumented immigrants, in Torkham, Pakistan, 31 October 2023. Pakistan is preparing to implement its plan to expel undocumented immigrants as the deadline for them to leave the country expires at midnight. The move particularly affects the millions of Afghan refugees who had fled their homeland, many of them driven by decades of armed conflict and the return to power of the Taliban. Since the Pakistan authorities announced the October 31 deadline earlier this month, a huge migratory flow has been recorded on the porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to official data, there are about 4.4 million Afghan refugees in the country, of which 1.7 million are not registered. EPA-EFE/BILAWAL ARBAB

PESHAWAR, Pakistan Nov 1 (Reuters) – More than 100,000 undocumented Afghan nationals have returned voluntary to Afghanistan through the northwestern Torkham border crossing in the last two weeks, a Pakistani government official said on Wednesday.

Deputy Commissioner Abdul Nasir Khan said the Afghan nationals had traveled from across Pakistan to the border crossing.

Pakistan’s deadline to expel all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, is expiring later on Wednesday.

Photo: A convoy of trucks carrying Afghan refugees crosses Khyber pass near the border with Afghanistan, on the eve of Pakistan’s government’s deadline to expel undocumented immigrants, in Torkham, Pakistan. According to official data, there are about 4.4 million Afghan refugees in the country, of which 1.7 million are not registered. EPA-EFE/BILAWAL ARBAB

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