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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says

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Nearly half a million Afghans who were living in Pakistan without valid documents have returned home in just over two months as part of an ongoing crackdown on foreigners in the country without papers, the caretaker interior minister said Friday.

The expulsions are part of a nationwide crackdown by the government in Islamabad that started two months ago. Pakistan insists the campaign is not against Afghans specifically, though they make up most of the foreigners in the country.

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