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Afghan embassy says nationals face arrests, expulsions in Pakistan capital

An Afghan citizen, sits at the entrance of her house as she speaks with a Pakistani police officer during a door-to-door search and verification drive for undocumented Afghan nationals in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Karachi [File: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters]

The Afghanistan embassy in Pakistan has warned that the government wants to remove all Afghan refugees from the capital, Islamabad, and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi.

The embassy issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, saying Afghan nationals in both cities have been subjected to arrests, searches and orders from the police to leave and relocate to other parts of Pakistan.

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