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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan

A member of the Taliban security staff stands guard as women wait for food in Afghanistan.
Women wait for food in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amnesty International said at least 844,499 Afghan nationals had been forcibly deported from Pakistan. Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images

More than 50 prominent female Afghan women’s rights activists sheltering in Pakistan are facing deportation home, where they fear they will be imprisoned or killed under Taliban rule.

Under a draconian policy, the Pakistan government has pledged to deport millions of Afghan nationals, after relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan severely deteriorated and attacks by militants in the border areas surged.

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