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Shahzaib WAHLAH

Thousands of Afghans leave Pakistan ahead of deportation deadline

Pakistan Sonia Ghezali

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Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans living in Pakistan now face arrest and deportation after the government's deadline for them to leave voluntarily expired this Wednesday, November 1. Pakistan's interior minister justified his decision, taken in early October, by the number of Afghans involved in recent terror attacks in Pakistan. Some 200,000 Afghans have already left Pakistan voluntarily – albeit often reluctantly – ahead of the November 1 deadline. Our correspondents Shahzaib Wahlah and Sonia Ghezali report.

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