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Pakistan’s top court hears petition to halt deportations of Afghans

A large number of Afghans refugees used the Torkham border crossing to return to Afghanistan hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are undocumented to leave or face deportation [AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi]

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has opened a hearing on a petition filed by human rights groups to stop the deportations of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk if they were returned to Afghanistan.

More than 370,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan since October 1 after Pakistan said it would expel more than a million undocumented refugees and migrants, mostly Afghans, amid a row with Kabul over charges that it harbours anti-Pakistan armed groups.

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