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World

Pakistan opens new border crossings to expedite Afghans’ repatriation

  • Many Afghans have opted to go home voluntarily to avoid deportation
Published November 13, 2023
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP

QUETTA: Pakistan on Monday opened three new border crossings to accelerate the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals who have been ordered to leave the country or face expulsion, officials said.

Many Afghans have opted to go home voluntarily to avoid deportation under a government push for undocumented migrants to be expelled. Pakistan’s move affects more than 1 million Afghans, many of whom Islamabad says have been involved in militant attacks and crime, a claim Kabul rejects.

The new crossings were set up at the Afghan border in southwestern Balochistan province in addition to the main crossing in Chaman district, said Jan Achakzai, information minister for the provincial caretaker government.

The main crossing had been overwhelmed with Afghan refugees seeking to return home voluntarily, he said.

More than 280,000 Afghan nationals have left Pakistan since the new policy was announced in early October, according to the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR).

Islamabad has begun round-up operations across the country after deadline for voluntary departure expired on Nov. 1.

Pakistan has so far rejected calls from the United Nations, rights groups and Western embassies to reconsider its expulsion plan or to identify and protect Afghans who risk persecution at home.

Kabul has also asked Islamabad to give Afghan nationals ample time to leave.

The expulsion drive has driven relations between the neighbours to a new low, with Islamabad reiterating its claim that militants use Afghan soil to plan and carry out attacks in Pakistan. Kabul says Pakistan’s security is a domestic problem.

The mass migration has also raised fears of a humanitarian crisis as Kabul grapples with hundreds of thousands of people arriving and staying in makeshift tent villages on its side of the border at the onset of winter.

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mustafa Nov 13, 2023 06:48pm
live legal and pay taxes
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Zarrrar Nov 13, 2023 08:16pm
Pakistan zindabad
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Haseeb uddin Azam Toor Nov 13, 2023 10:16pm
USA wants Pakistan to be destabilised by Afghan terrorist.
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Faraz Nov 14, 2023 02:43am
Good effort by Pakistan Government. We should really appreciate it. We as a nation are so sick of the undocumented immigrants who are involved in unlawful activities.
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Ash Chak Nov 14, 2023 04:30am
I am sorry. You cannot go around espousing the cause of the Palestinians , the Kashmiris, the Rohingya Muslims ad nauseam, and then kick out a bunch of poor refugees who know no other home. If the Establishment thinks that this is going to decrease terrorism, they are in for a shock. They just created millions of terrorists. And Pakistan is in their crosshairs.
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Ash Chak Nov 14, 2023 04:30am
@mustafa, and how many Pakistanis pay taxes?
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Maqbool Nov 14, 2023 09:39am
Many Pakistanis are critical of us removing illegal alien Afghans. Let those people take over the cost of keeping them in Pakistan I.E Put their money where there mouths are .
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Maqbool Nov 14, 2023 09:45am
@Ash Chak, 10 million are registered taxpayers, while under 3 million file their Tax returns . Those driving suv’s and living in huge Mansions and traveling 1st class seem to be exempted by FBR
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