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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed and Rahim Faiez

Media watchdog asks Pakistan not to deport 200 Afghan journalists in undocumented migrant crackdown

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An international media watchdog is urging Pakistan not to deport more than 200 Afghan journalists who fled their homeland after the Taliban regained control in August 2021 as U.S and NATO forces withdrew following more than two decades of war.

The plea by Reporters Without Borders comes a week after Pakistan launched a crackdown on undocumented foreigners, mostly an estimated 1.7 million Afghans.

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