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The mass deportations primarily affected those Afghans who fled to Pakistan after Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. There were an estimated 3.8 million Afghans in Pakistan at the time the deportation order was announced, according to the United Nations, while Pakistani authorities believed the number to be as high as 4.4 million.
Afghans in Pakistan ( Urdu: افغان مهاجرين, Afghān muhājirīn, lit. 'Afghan migrants') are temporary residents from Afghanistan who are registered in Pakistan as refugees and asylum seekers. [2] They fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The youth is one of at least 1.7 million Afghans who made Pakistan their home as their country sank deeper into decades of war. But they've been living there without legal permission, and are now ...
The issue of Afghan migration to Pakistan dates back to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, which led to over three million Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan. While many have returned home, a significant number of Afghan nationals, both documented and undocumented, remain in Pakistan. Recently, there has been a surge in violence ...
Pakistan says its crackdown will not affect the estimated 1.4 million Afghans registered as refugees and living in various parts of Pakistan. Many of them have over the years left refugee camps ...
The move impacts thousands of Afghans waiting in Pakistan for international agencies to clear their asylum applications. Thousands who fled the country after August 2021 are also waiting for ...
More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounded up, arrested and kicked out foreign nationals without papers.
In July 2021, protestors protested in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Sweden and alleged Pakistan of involvement in the war in Afghanistan. [8] On 1 August, Afghans protested against Pakistan in front of the Pakistani Consulate in Frankfurt city, Germany over Pakistan's policy towards Afghanistan. The protestors chanted anti-Pakistani slogans.