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50 Afghan children sent back through Torkham on ‘humanitarian’ grounds

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The children, most under age 10, trespassed into Pakistani territory by breaching fence near main border crossing.

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50 Afghan children sent back through Torkham on ‘humanitarian’ grounds

The children, most under age 10, trespassed into Pakistani territory by breaching fence near main border crossing.

4 days ago·Pakistan

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50 Afghan Children Repatriated Through Torkham on Humanitarian Grounds After Border Trespass

Fifty Afghan children, including 17 girls, were repatriated to Afghanistan through the Torkham border on humanitarian grounds after being apprehended for illegally entering Pakistan. Pakistani authorities sent the children back to Afghanistan via the Torkham border on ‘humanitarian’ grounds late on Sunday evening after the intervention of a tribal jirga. The children, mostly under the age of 10, had cut through the border fence near the main cro…

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dailyexcelsior.com

50 Afghan children released by Pak return homeland

KABUL, Mar 25: A total of 50 Afghan children who illegally entered Pakistan have been returned to their homeland Afghanistan, media reported. In search of jobs in Pakistan, some children as young as 10 were returned to Afghanistan via the Torkham crossing, the media outlet added. Pakistan has set free hundreds of Afghans from jails and sent them back to their homeland over the past year. More than 2 million Afghans reportedly have been living in…

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Khaama Press

Pakistan sends 50 undocumented Afghan children back to Afghanistan - Khaama Press

The Pakistani police have deported 50 Afghan children who had entered the country illegally via Khyber and bypassed barriers. These children were reportedly seeking work and had crossed the border by cutting through fences. Local media, citing an official source, reported that authorities at the Torkham border crossing facilitated the return of these Afghan children to Afghanistan. Adnan Khan, a local police official, stated to Pakistani media t…

4 days ago·Kabul, Afghanistan

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Fifty captured Afghan children sent back through Torkham border

WEB DESK: Fifty children who illegally made their way to Pakistan from Torkham border have been sent back on Sunday without any charges due to 'humanitarian' grounds. The children were let go owing to the intervention of a tribal jirga. According to Dawn, the children out of which 17 were girls managed to enter after dark by cutting the fence around border. Most of them were less than 10 years of age, and did not have any legal travel documents.…

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