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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. [11] Significant waves of Afghan refugees also came to Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and in 2021 when the Taliban returned to power following the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. [12]
Pakistan, home to more than 1.7 million people who have fled violence in neighboring Afghanistan, is launching a mass deportation of “illegal immigrants,” authorities said Tuesday.
More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounded up, arrested and kicked out foreign nationals without papers. The drive mostly affects Afghans who make up ...
Forcibly deporting Afghans from Pakistan could lead to severe human rights violations — including the separation of families and deportation of minors, the United Nations warned Saturday.
Moscow, Russia. There may be as much as 150,000 Afghan refugees in Russia, a third of them reside and work in Moscow. [99] [100] Approximately 10,000 Afghans are said to be residing in Uzbekistan. [101] Around 1,000 are believed to be in Tashkent. [28] In 2005, their total number in that country was approximately 2,500. [102]
Afghans in Pakistan (Urdu: افغان مهاجرين, Afghān muhājirīn, lit. ' Afghan migrants ') are temporary residents from Afghanistan, some of who are registered in Pakistan as refugees and asylum seekers. [2] The registered fall under the jurisdiction of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry released a statement to CNN confirming that “all illegal foreigners including Afghans are to be deported back to their countries of origin under the Illegal ...
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired, authorities said.