US EditionMore than 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, amid eviction campaign
- More than 100,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in April due to a government eviction campaign, which started on April 1, according to the Ministry of Interior.
- Many Afghan families chose to leave voluntarily, fearing deportation as arrests and detentions increased in Pakistan, with 12,948 in April alone, surpassing last year's total.
- Those returning to Afghanistan face a humanitarian crisis and restrictions on education and work for women and girls, as reported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .
- Pakistani Prime Minister Hasan Akhund condemned the evacuation measures and urged the Pakistani government to facilitate a dignified return for Afghan refugees during discussions in Kabul.
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Fleeing Pakistan, Afghans feel ’completely lost’ in Afghanistan
Pushed out of Pakistan where she was born, Nazmine Khan's first experience of her country, Afghanistan, was in a sweltering tent at a border camp. "We never thought we would return to Afghanistan," said the 15-year-old girl, who has little idea of what will become of her or her family, only that she is likely to have fewer freedoms. "When our parents told us we had to leave, we cried," Nazmine added. Having nowhere to go in Afghanistan, she and…
Over 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in a month after permit cancellations, government crackdown
Pakistan's government officials have branded Afghans as "terrorists and criminals." Many Afghans in Pakistan have reported weeks of harassment, extortion, and arbitrary arrests, particularly in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab
Over 100,000 Afghan nationals have left Pakistan so far this month: ministry
Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan intensified its deportation campaign, forcing undocumented Afghans to leave the country, at the Torkham border crossing, Pakistan April 7, 2025. — ReutersISLAMABAD: Amid the ongoing drive against...
In three weeks, Pakistan has expelled more than 100,000 Afghans accused of "terrorism and drug trafficking"
Since Pakistan launched a mass expulsion campaign on 1 April, "100,529 Afghans have left the country", where some have been living for generations, the Pakistani Ministry of the Interior announced on Tuesday, 22 April.
In Pakistan, more than 100,000 Afghans were forced to leave the country in three weeks
Pakistan's Ministry of the Interior has recorded 100,529 Afghans who have left the country since the start of Islamabad's expulsion campaign on 1 April in the face of the explosion of cross-border violence.
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